Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 52 of the 103 Russian drones launched during the early hours of this Sunday (22), the military said.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces stated on Telegram that they lost track of 44 drones, and another left the territory of Ukraine for Belarus.
The military did not provide information about the fate of the remaining devices.
However, they highlighted that in the regions of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Kiev, private businesses and apartment buildings were damaged by the Russian attack.
“Provisionally, no casualties,” they added.
Local authorities also reported that debris from one of the downed drones fell on the roof of a multi-story building in the Kiev region, causing a fire.
Russia also says it shot down Ukrainian drones
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its air defense systems destroyed 42 Ukrainian drones in five Russian regions overnight.
Twenty drones were shot down in the Oryol region, eight drones were destroyed in the Rostov and Bryansk regions, five in the Kursk region and one over Krasnodar Krai, according to a post from the ministry on Telegram.
An attack triggered a fire at a fuel facility in the village of Stalnoi Kon, said Andrei Klychkov, governor of Oryol.
“Fortunately, thanks to the quick response, the consequences of the attack were avoided — the fire was promptly located and is now fully extinguished. There were no casualties or significant damage,” he said.
It was the second week in a row that fuel infrastructure facilities in Oryol were attacked.
The heads of the Rostov and Bryansk regions highlighted that there were no casualties or damage following the latest drone strikes.
Reuters was unable to independently verify the battlefield reports.
Understand the war between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory from three fronts: through the Russian border, through Crimea and through Belarus, a country that is a strong ally of the Kremlin.
Forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin made significant advances in the first few days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain control of Kiev, even though the city was also attacked. The invasion was criticized internationally and the Kremlin was the target of Western economic sanctions.
In October 2024, after thousands of deaths, the war in Ukraine entered what analysts describe as its most dangerous moment yet.
Tensions rose when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile during an attack on Ukrainian soil. The projectile carried conventional warheads, but is capable of carrying nuclear material.
The launch took place after Ukraine launched an offensive inside Russian territory using weapons manufactured by Western powers, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Western intelligence reports that Russia is using North Korean troops in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow and Pyongyang neither deny nor confirm the report.
President Vladimir Putin, who replaced his defense minister in May, has said that Russian forces are advancing much more effectively — and that Russia will achieve all of its objectives in Ukraine, although he did not elaborate.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he believes Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and to expel Ukrainian troops from Russia’s Kursk region, which they have controlled parts of since August. .
This content was originally published in Ukraine and Russia exchange attacks with more than 100 drones on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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