At least two civilians were killed overnight in Ukraine in air and artillery attacks led by Russia, which for its part was targeted by around twenty Ukrainian drones.
The Ukrainian army said it had shot down only 15 of 35 Russian explosive drones and none of the two missiles that targeted the north, east, center and south of the country.
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Russia, for its part, claimed to have destroyed 21 Ukrainian drones over the annexed peninsula
of Crimea (11 drones), and the regions of Belgorod (5 drones), Bryansk (3 drones), Kaluga (1 drone) and Tula. (1 drone)”
, according to the Ministry of Defense, cited by state media, and without mentioning any damage at this stage.
In Ukraine, drones were shot down over southern, central and northern regions of the country.
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Hitting energy and fuel infrastructure
In addition,
“the enemy directed part of its attack drones on the territories of the front line, trying to strike energy and fuel infrastructure, civilian and military sites
,” the Army added. air without detailing the damage caused by the twenty drones which were not shot down.
Ukraine also indicated that two S-300 missiles had been fired against the Donetsk region in the east of the country, killing at least one person in Myrnograd, according to local authorities.
“A 38-year-old woman was killed in the attack as she cycled home from work.
A 50-year-old woman was injured
,” the Donetsk prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
In the southern region of Kherson, located on the front and partially occupied by Russia, a man was killed and his wife injured in the night by Russian artillery fire on the village of Bilozerska, the regional prosecutor's office said.
In Mykolaiv (south), a truck carrying sunflower seeds caught fire after debris fell from a downed Russian drone, injuring the driver, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
In the Kharkiv region (east), two men aged 52 and 61 were injured in a drone attack, according to Governor Oleg Synegoubov.
The national electricity operator, Ukrenergo, for its part indicated that a transformer had been hit by one of the strikes but that the damage had not resulted in a
“critical”
breakdown .
Night strikes
Ukraine is confronted almost every night with air attacks of varying magnitude, with sometimes dozens of missiles and drones falling on the country, and in particular its urban centers.
For several weeks, Ukrainian forces have responded by launching their own drone and missile attacks against Russia, sometimes causing numerous civilian deaths as well.
The Russian border region of Belgorod is particularly targeted.
The Kremlin is trying to minimize the scope of these attacks, while, almost two years after the start of its invasion of the neighboring country, it claims that the conflict has little impact on the daily lives of the Russian population.
Ukraine, for its part, needs more ammunition and weapons for its anti-aircraft defense.
But in the United States, Ukraine's main supporter, the continuation of aid is in question due to the internal political battle pitting the Democrats against the Republicans a few months before the presidential election scheduled for November.
The European Union (EU) must meet at a summit on Thursday to find a solution to its own internal blockage on the issue, a veto from Hungary which is currently paralyzing assistance to Ukraine.