KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses shot down greater than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western areas, Moscow officers mentioned, whereas 17 individuals had been injured within the Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile assault.
The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned 110 drones had been destroyed within the in a single day barrage in opposition to seven Russian areas. Many focused Russia’s border area of Kursk, the place 43 drones had been reportedly shot down.
Social media footage appeared to point out air defenses at work over town of Dzerzhinsk within the Nizhny Novgorod area, near a manufacturing facility producing explosives.
Native Gov. Gleb Nikitin wrote on social media Sunday that 4 fighters had been injured repelling a drone assault over Dzerzhinsk’s industrial zone, however didn’t give additional particulars.
Such large-scale aerial assaults are nonetheless comparatively uncommon over Russia 2 1/2 years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
An identical assault on the finish of September noticed Russia’s Ministry of Protection report the destruction of 125 drones throughout seven areas.
In the meantime, 17 individuals had been injured in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih after town was hit with two Russian ballistic missiles, officers mentioned Sunday.
The assault late Saturday night broken properties and companies, mentioned native administration head Oleksandr Vilkul.
In an announcement on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that Russia had launched some 800 guided aerial bombs and greater than 500 assault drones over Ukraine up to now week alone.
“On daily basis, Russia strikes our cities and communities. It’s deliberate terror from the enemy in opposition to our individuals,” he mentioned, renewing requires continued air help from the nation’s allies.
“United in protection, the world can stand in opposition to this focused terror.”
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