Sirens were heard wailing in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv as Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack targeting multiple cities from east to west
Ukraine said it had shot down 32 of 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched from Russia's Bryansk region and the Azov Sea.
There was no mention of any casualties in the overnight air strikes, the latest carried out by Moscow since Kyiv began aThe air force said on the Telegram messaging app that"However, the main direction of attack by Iranian drones was the Kyiv region. More than two dozen Shaheds were destroyed here," it said.
The Energy Ministry said debris from falling drones damaged electricity lines in the Kyiv region and also in the Mykolaiv region in the south, cutting off electricity for hundreds of residents. The air force said Russia had also hit the southeastern industrial city of Zaporizhzhia with Iskander and S-300 missiles.
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