Russian strikes in Ukraine's south claim 8 lives, infrastructure hit
Eight people were killed in Russian attacks on the southern regions of Ukraine. Among the victims are residents of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
Key information
- In the Zaporizhia region, five people were killed and nine were injured.
- In the Kherson region, three people were killed and 19 were injured.
- The attacks damaged critical infrastructure and residential buildings.
- Ukrainian drone attacks
According to the Kyiv Independent in the last 24 hours, Russian forces conducted intensive attacks on the Zaporizhia region. As a result of these actions, five people were killed and nine were injured. The attacks affected 16 localities, resulting in damage to many residential buildings and infrastructure.
A similarly dire situation occurred in the Kherson region, where three people were killed and 19 were injured, including two children, as a result of shelling. Russian troops struck critical infrastructure and residential buildings, causing significant damage.
In the Zaporizhia region, 56 incidents of damage were reported to apartments, private homes, cars, and infrastructure. In the Kherson region, three multi-story blocks, seven private homes, as well as gas pipelines, a gas station, and warehouses were damaged.
Russian air defense units destroyed a total of 162 Ukrainian drones last night; 57 of them were shot down over the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, and their falling debris caused fires in several houses, reported Alexander Khinshtein, acting governor of the Kursk region, on Telegram.
The head of the military authorities of the Zaporizhia region, Ivan Fedorov, and the head of the Kherson region's administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, appealed for help in rebuilding the destroyed infrastructure and support for the affected residents.
Attacks in Russia
Ukrainian drone attacks on the Kursk and Voronezh regions in western Russia sparked fires in residential buildings and disrupted highway traffic, regional authorities reported on Monday. Local authorities assured that no one was killed or injured as a result of the attacks.
The drone attacks occurred just before the planned second round of Ukrainian-Russian peace talks in Turkey.
