Ukraine’s Poltava region governor Dmytro Lunin said on Saturday that Russia had fired missiles and attack drones into the region in central Ukraine overnight, causing “some damage to infrastructure and equipment” at the Mirhorod military airport.
He added on Telegram that the attack, in which ballistic and cruise missiles were used, also damaged eight homes and several vehicles. There were no reports of injuries.
In the same context, the Ukrainian army said that 3 civilians were killed in an attack by Russian drones on the Black Sea city of Odessa in the early hours of Saturday morning, after the fall of the wreckage of a drone on an apartment building led to a fire.
Natalya Homenyuk, spokeswoman for the Southern Command of the Ukrainian army, said that the air defenses in the Odessa region shot down 8 drones and two missiles during the Russian attack.
This attack is the latest in a wave of night air strikes targeting Ukrainian cities in recent weeks.
“As a result of the shooting down operations, the wreckage of one of the drones fell on an apartment at a great height, causing a fire,” the military official said in a statement.
Emergency services said 27 people, including children, were injured, but the fire was quickly put out and 12 people were rescued from the building.
Drones… an effective weapon in future wars
8 ballistic missiles and 35 drones
The Ukrainian authorities said that Russia launched an attack with drones, ballistic and cruise missiles of the Iskander type, noting that the Odessa and Kharkiv regions were subjected to attacks.
It said that in total, 8 missiles of various types and 35 drones were launched at critical infrastructure and military installations from the north and south directions.
It added that the air defense forces and means of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of responsibility of the “eastern”, “central” and “southern” Air Command, in cooperation with the air defense of other elements of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, destroyed two missiles and 20 attack drones.
She explained that the attack lasted from 11:00 pm on June 9 to 5:00 am on June 10, 2023.
Russia intercepts two missiles on Crimea
The President of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that the Russian air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles of the “Grom-2” type, which were launched by the Ukrainian forces, without causing any injuries or material damage.
“In the morning, the Air Defense Forces shot down two Grom-2 ballistic missiles launched by Ukrainian forces,” Aksionov wrote on his Telegram channel, according to what was reported by the Russia Today website, quoting the Russian news agency TASS.
He stressed that the attack did not result in casualties or injuries, nor did it cause material damage, and called on residents to remain calm, and to take information only from official sources.
The last time Crimea was attacked by Grom-2 missiles was on May 6.
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2023-06-10 08:41:22
