(Reuters) – Russia launched a number of missiles and drones in a single day focusing on northern and jap Ukraine, Kyiv’s army mentioned on Sunday, with air defence methods destroying a lot of the weapons earlier than they reached their targets.
The assault focused Ukraine’s frontline areas of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, Ukraine’s air drive mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
“Most of the missiles did not reach their targets,” the air drive mentioned, including that Russia launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile, an Iskander-Okay cruise missile and 6 guided air missiles. It didn’t specify what number of missiles had been destroyed.
The air drive mentioned Russia launched 9 assault drones, with Ukraine’s air defence methods destroying eight of them over the Ukraine’s Mykolaiv area.
Oleh Sinehubov, governor of the Kharkiv area within the east, posted on Telegram that seven folks had been injured within the Russian assaults, together with a 4-year-old youngster.
Ihor Terekhov, mayor of Kharkiv metropolis, mentioned a gasoline pipeline was broken within the metropolis and not less than two homes had been destroyed and 10 broken.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the stories. There was no quick remark from Russia.
Each side deny focusing on civilians within the conflict that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022.
