Russia attacked nine regions of Ukraine: at least six people were killed and further 88 were injured. PHOTOS
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have shelled the Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Cherkasy regions.
This was reported by Censor.NET.
At least six people were killed in the attacks, with dozens more injured. Children are among the casualties.
Casualties in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions
In the Donetsk region, the police documented 1,210 Russian strikes on the front line and residential areas. Six settlements came under fire. Twenty-three civilian structures were damaged, including 19 residential buildings.
In Yasna Polyana, one person was killed and three private homes were damaged as a result of an attack by an FPV drone. In Sloviansk, the Russians struck with two KAB-250 guided aerial bombs: a business premises was destroyed and eight private homes were damaged. In Yasnogorka, an aerial bomb damaged a further eight houses. In Kramatorsk, Sofiivka and Pryvillia, damage to vehicles and infrastructure was reported.
In the Kharkiv region, nine settlements came under Russian attack. Eleven people were injured, including four children, according to Oleg Synyegubov, head of the regional military administration.
In Zlatopol, an 88-year-old man and two boys aged 16 and 11 were injured. Another woman suffered an acute stress reaction. In Malynivka, four adults and a 16-year-old boy were injured, whilst two other people, including a 9-year-old child, suffered acute stress reactions.
Russian forces used missiles, ‘Geran-2’-type drones, FPV drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) across the region. Residential buildings, power lines, a postal terminal, an educational institution, vehicles, and warehouse and administrative buildings were damaged.
In the Sumy region, 102 strikes on 19 settlements were recorded over the past 24 hours, according to the regional police. In Shostka, three people were injured as a result of a massive attack by strike drones. Strikes were recorded at nine locations, damaging residential buildings, non-residential premises, vehicles and other civilian targets.
In the Bilopillia community, a 60-year-old woman was injured, and farm buildings were damaged. In the Romny community, private homes sustained damage.
Attacks in the Chernihiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions
In the Chernihiv region, Russian troops attacked Novhorod-Siverskyi with "Geran"-type strike drones in the morning and during the day. A house, cars, a tractor, agricultural machinery and a nearby dwelling were damaged, according to Vyacheslav Chaus, head of the regional military administration.
In the Horodnya community, a 41-year-old man was injured as a result of a Russian attack. In one of the community’s villages, a drone struck a petrol station, causing a fire which was extinguished by emergency services. Another petrol station was hit in the Ripky community. The Russians also attacked the region’s energy infrastructure once again.
In the Poltava region over the past 24 hours, Russian drones were reported to have crashed in open countryside in the Pishchanska and Opishnianska communities, according to Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the regional military administration. In the first instance, the shockwave damaged the windows of a private house; in the second, the windows and roofs of three homes were damaged. No reports of fatalities or injuries have been received.
In the Cherkasy region, air defence forces shot down a Russian drone, according to Ihor Taburets, head of the Regional Military Administration. There were no casualties, but debris damaged a power line in the Zolotonosha district. Power engineers quickly repaired the damage.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians attacked the Nikopol district nearly ten times with drones and artillery, according to Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration. The Marganets community was targeted, where blocks of flats were damaged. A 34-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman were injured. They are receiving outpatient treatment.
The highest number of casualties was in the Zaporizhzhia region
In the Zaporizhzhia region, three people, including one child, were killed as a result of Russian attacks. A further 62 people were injured, including eight children, according to Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Regional Defence Council.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupying forces carried out 884 strikes on 48 settlements in the region. Russian troops used aircraft, various types of drones, multiple launch rocket systems and artillery.
Specifically, 40 air strikes, 661 drone attacks, 20 MLRS strikes and 163 artillery strikes were recorded.
Two people were killed in the Kherson region
Russian troops shelled Kherson and settlements across the region with artillery and launched drone attacks. Residential areas, critical infrastructure and social infrastructure were targeted.
According to regional authorities, two people were killed and a further five were injured. Three high-rise blocks, five private houses, a post office, a utility building and an ambulance were damaged.
In Bilozerka, a Russian FPV drone struck a hospital building. A 66-year-old nurse was injured. In Kherson, a 71-year-old man was injured as a result of artillery shelling of the Shumensky neighbourhood. Five blocks of flats and a shop were also damaged.
In addition, the Russian military attacked an educational building in the coastal part of the district with a ‘Molniya’-type strike drone. According to police reports, two more men were injured after stepping on an explosive device.
