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Russian attacks kill at least 5, injure 30 across Ukraine

Overnight, Russia launched 135 attack drones of various types, including 52 jet-powered drones, the Air Force said.

Russian attacks kill at least 5, injure 30 across Ukraine

Overnight, Russian forces launched 135 attack drones across Ukraine, killing at least five and injuring 30, according to local authorities. Ukraine's air defenses successfully shot down 125 of the drones. The attacks targeted five locations, with debris from downed targets falling at five other sites.

In Sumy Oblast, three people were killed and 16 injured in a series of Russian strikes, including a 52-year-old warehouse worker killed by a drone attack on a medical supply warehouse. Russian glide bomb attacks in the region also injured 13, including a child. Damage was reported to apartment buildings, homes, and vehicles.

Kharkiv Oblast saw two people killed and five injured as Russian forces attacked the city and nine surrounding settlements using various weapons such as FPV drones, Molniya drones, a Lancet drone, and a multiple-launch rocket system.

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast recorded three people injured after Russian forces carried out more than 50 attacks using drones, artillery, and a glide bomb. Two were injured when a strike hit food warehouses in Pavlohrad, causing a fire, and a 34-year-old man was injured in the Nikopol district.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast saw two people injured in Russian attacks, with Ivan Fedorov, co-head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Defense Council, reporting 745 attacks against 47 settlements in the region. Kherson Oblast recorded two injuries as Russian forces struck critical infrastructure and residential areas. Donetsk Oblast reported two injuries in Sloviansk, and Kyiv suffered an attack on the Northern Bridge, the fourth consecutive day of Russian target practice on bridges in the capital.

President Volodymyr Zelensky reported Russia's extensive drone and missile strikes against Ukraine over the past week.

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