During the night, Russia claimed to have intercepted Ukrainian drones flying over its territory, while Russian bombings in eastern Ukraine hit apartment buildings, causing several casualties and serious damage
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Three dead in Russian bombings on Selydove
Three people were killed and twelve injured overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday during Russian bombings against Selydove, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to local authorities.
These strikes hit nine apartment buildings as well as the hospital in this town, located about twenty kilometers west of the front, the municipal council said on Telegram.
A child was among those killed, and four among the injured, according to the same source.
According to the governor of the Donetsk region, Vadym Filachkin, a first strike took place around 11:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. GMT) and a second around 1 a.m. (11 p.m. GMT).
Around 100 patients from the damaged hospital were evacuated to other hospitals in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd, he added on Telegram.
No source immediately specified what type of strikes were (missiles, drones or artillery fire).
Selydove, which had around 21,000 inhabitants before the war, is located in the vicinity of the large city of Donetsk, occupied by Russia since 2014.
Moscow claims to have neutralized nine Ukrainian drones
Russia, for its part, claimed on Wednesday to have neutralized nine Ukrainian drones overnight in two Russian regions and above the Black Sea.
“Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed drones over the territories of the Belgorod (two drones) and Voronezh (one drone) regions, as well as over the Black Sea (six drones),” he said
. indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense in a press release.
According to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, a woman was injured and was hospitalized.
Since the start of the offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, Russian territory has been regularly targeted by strikes and drone attacks attributed to kyiv.