17 Russian drones shot down in Ukraine, two dead in the Russian region of Belgorod.
Le Figaro
takes stock of the situation.
To discover
Follow information on the war in Ukraine with the Figaro application
Ukraine said on Monday it had shot down 17 combat drones out of a total of 22 drones and seven missiles launched by Russia overnight, and noted the intensification of Russian bombing on its border region of Sumy, in the North. East.
During the night from Sunday to Monday, Russia fired five S-300/S-400 missiles at the Kharkiv border region (east), two Kh-59 cruise missiles at the Sumy region (northeast) and 22 Shahed-type explosive drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
Of this number, 17 drones were destroyed over nine regions, mainly in the center and west of the country, she said.
The governor of the Poltava region (center) notably reported an attack on the Kremenchuk district, where the country's largest refinery is located, already hit by several Russian strikes since the start of Moscow's invasion there. two years ago.
Russian airstrikes on the Sumy region, which was partially occupied at the start of the invasion, have intensified in recent weeks as the Russian military has stepped up pressure on Ukrainian troops in the east and taken several localities, including the fortress town of Avdiïvka since mid-February.
“In recent days, the number of air alerts has increased considerably in the Sumy region and amounts to 40 alerts per day, or even more
,” the governor of this territory, Volodymyr Artioukh, declared on television on Saturday.
Two dead in Russian Belgorod region after new strike from Ukraine
Two people died Monday in the Russian region of Belgorod after a strike from Ukraine, which increased bombings on border areas in response to Russia's offensive, local authorities announced.
“Two people were killed by a direct hit on a house: a 17-year-old young man and a man.
They succumbed to their injuries before help arrived
,” Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram, specifying that the bombing had taken place in the village of Nikolskoye and that it had also left four injured.