Children among wounded in Zelensky's hometown, struck by Russian drones
Early this Saturday, Russian strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia, a drone killed a man and wounded four, according to officials, while a warehouse was on fire in Kyiv. It comes after a Russian bombing killed at least 20 people on Friday, 16 of them in two successive strikes on a busy shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kiyv, Emmanuelle…
On the night of August 22, Ukraine was attacked by Russia with missiles, Banderole loitering munitions, and 217 strike UAVs. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that three missiles, six Banderole, and 182 UAVs were shot down or neutralized, with strikes recorded at 41 locations and debris found at 12 locations.
According to Investing.com, the governor of Russia's Samara region stated that Ukrainian drones hit an industrial facility and a warehouse belonging to Ozon, a major Russian online retailer, in the overnight strikes. Several people were wounded, and work at Ozon's logistics centre in Chapayevsk was halted due to injuries.
The strikes occurred a day after Russia launched a daytime drone attack on Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported by Euronews. Russia's Defence Ministry claimed to have downed 457 Ukrainian drones overnight, however the Ukrainian Air Force reported a different number of drones downed.
Brief written by urgent.news from Interfax-Ukraine, Investing.com, Euronews — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
