KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least two individuals in Ukraine, officers stated Sunday, as Ukraine’s navy struck a drone factory in southwestern Russia.
A 16-year-old boy died and 4 others had been injured in a “massive” nighttime drone strike on Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, in keeping with the top of town’s navy administration.
Rescuers discovered {the teenager}’s physique as they cleared away rubble, Dmytro Bryzhynskyi reported on Telegram on Sunday morning. He stated the drone strike additionally injured three girls and one man. Several homes had been set on hearth, he added.
On Sunday morning, Russian drones additionally attacked the southern metropolis of Kherson, native officers reported.
A person died of his wounds after a drone hit a van driving via town centre, in keeping with Oleksandr Prokudin, the top of the regional administration. A second man was hospitalized with blast accidents, regional authorities stated.
Russia launched 236 drones into Ukrainian territory in a single day into Sunday, Ukraine’s air pressure reported. Of these, 203 drones had been shot down whereas 32 hit targets in 18 separate places, it stated.
Ukraine says it struck a Russian drone factory
Meanwhile, Ukraine hit a drone factory within the metropolis of Taganrog, Ukraine’s General Staff reported. The website lies some 55 kilometers (35 miles) east of Russian-occupied jap Ukraine in southwestern Russia.
According to the navy, Ukrainian drones sparked a hearth at the Atlant Aero factory, which designs and produces strike and reconnaissance drones, as effectively as parts for extra highly effective UAVs that may carry guided bombs weighing as much as 250 kilograms (550 kilos).
Three individuals had been injured in a nighttime air assault on industrial infrastructure in Taganrog, in keeping with the Russian regional governor, Yuri Slyusar. He didn’t specify what facility was hit, however stated warehouses had been set on hearth following the strike.
Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova stated the strike broken “commercial enterprises” within the metropolis, as effectively as a vocational faculty and a number of automobiles.
Russia’s Defense Ministry stated that its forces shot down 274 Ukrainian drones throughout the night time, as effectively as guided aerial bombs and a Ukrainian-made Neptune missile. The ministry didn’t say what number of struck targets.
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