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Russia attacks enterprises, infrastructure in Volyn region

Russian occupiers attacked Volyn region with 12 drones overnight into Wednesday, 30 in total over the past day, damaging civilian and critical infrastructure in various cities and communities, head of the Volyn Regional Military Administration Roman Romaniuk has said.

Russian forces launched a series of drone attacks on civilian and critical infrastructure in the Volyn region overnight and into Wednesday, according to Roman Romaniuk, the head of the Volyn Regional Military Administration. Over the course of a single day, 30 drones were deployed in the area, targeting various cities and communities.

Romaniuk reported that a private enterprise and a critical infrastructure facility in the Kovel community were hit multiple times. In the Lutsk community, one enterprise's premises were struck, resulting in several cars being destroyed by fire. Additionally, another critical infrastructure facility was attacked in the same area.

The Kolky community also suffered damage to an energy infrastructure facility due to the strikes. Romaniuk informed that more than 5,000 subscribers in the Lutsk district were left without power following one of the attacks. Despite the extensive damage, he expressed relief that there were no reported casualties or injuries.

Further good news came from Romaniuk when he revealed that several enemy Shahed-type drones were successfully destroyed by the tactical aviation forces.

Written by urgent.news from Interfax-Ukraine's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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