Russian forces carried out a massive drone attack against fifteen Ukrainian regions last night, causing damage to commercial and residential buildings, Reuters reported, citing today's information of local authorities.
So far, there are no reports of casualties, the agency specifies.
Ukraine's air force said it shot down 78 of the 105 drones targeting Ukrainian territory, and 23 drones are believed to have come within range of electronic jamming.
Authorities in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv said the air force intercepted about 15 drones over the city and its surroundings during the aerial alert that lasted more than five hours.
Chief of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Popko, wrote in the Telegram app that debris from drones fell in the Desniansky district, but did not cause fires.
On the other hand, fires broke out after the night attacks in three districts of Kyiv region. Local authorities reported that they have already been extinguished.
An attack on the southern Odesa region this night caused damage to energy transmission networks, announced the regional governor Oleg Kiper. The electricity supply has been restored to more than three thousand consumers, although two thousand people remain without electricity in one of the areas, Kiper added.
Dozens of Russian drones were aimed at Poltava region, in central Ukraine, damaging six commercial buildings and breaking windows of a residential building and a kindergarten, Telegram said. the head of the Poltava regional military administration Philip Pronin.
During a similar attack against Kirovgrad region, also located in the central part of Ukraine, windows of a residential house were broken and damage was caused to garages in the neighborhood, informed regional governor Andrii Raykovych.
The Ukrainian Air Force shot down 16 drones in the Cherkasy region, and debris from them ignited a forest fire, which was promptly extinguished, local authorities announced.