On Friday evening, Russia launched another massive strike on Ukraine with missiles and drones.
“This time, the enemy shifted the direction of the strike to the east, attacking critical infrastructure and facilities of the Ukrainian Defense Forces,” RBC Ukraine said quoting the statement from the Air Force of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Ukrainian armies.
According to the Ukrainian army, a total of 17 missiles of various types and 31 strike drones were registered. All 10 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea region and 25 drones were shot down. At the same time, drones and several missiles hit objects in the Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
In Kyiv, rocket fragments fell in the Obolonsky and Shevchenkovsky districts. The roof of the shopping and entertainment center and a private house were damaged.
The Dnipropetrovsk region administration says several businesses and residential buildings were damaged or destroyed as a result of the raid. There are no deaths. “Super heavy night. It was noisy – the enemy massively attacked the area with missiles and drones. I got it for the Dnieper. A fire broke out in a private house, which has already been extinguished Damaged 2 houses and cars. It also caught fire in two private enterprises, ”wrote Sergey Lysak, the head of the region, on his telegram channel.
According to Lysak, the consequences of the Russian attack could have been worse without the work of the Ukrainian air defense. Only servicemen of the Vostok group of the Ukrainian army shot down five cruise missiles and six Shahids over the region, the head of the Dnepropetrovsk region noted.
The head of the Nikolaev regional military administration, Vitaly Kim, said that on the night and morning of May 26, Russian troops fired on the Ochakiv and Pervomaisky communities in the region. No damage or casualties.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the information. Moscow has repeatedly denied intentional strikes against civilian targets in Ukraine.
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