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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine, the USA, and European countries believe Russia will continue hybrid attacks in Europe.

Russian forces launched a significant drone attack on Ukraine, with 295 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used overnight, according to the AFU Air Force. The drones included Shahed-type drones, Gerbera reconnaissance-strike drones, Banderol/Dan-T loitering munitions, and Parodiya radar-decoy simulators. Ukrainian air defense units intercepted 267 of these drones.

The drone attacks caused damage and injuries in several areas, including Kyiv, where one civilian was injured and blazes were triggered in two municipal districts. Other affected areas included Kyiv Oblast, where widespread fires were ignited by debris, and Zaporizhzhya, where a local hospital facility was directly damaged, injuring one person.

Brief written by urgent.news from Interfax-Ukraine, New Voice of Ukraine — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.