Ukraine and Russia report attacks and explosions
Ukraine and Russia have reported new attacks by opposing sides and several explosions. Russia fired 17 rockets of different types and 31 so-called kamikaze drones of the Iranian type Shahed-136/131 at Ukraine, the air force said on Friday in Kiev. 10 cruise missiles and 23 Shahed drones and 2 reconnaissance drones were shot down, it said. The attacks, which again hit the capital Kiev, lasted until five in the morning. There was an air alert throughout the country at night. In Russia, too, there were reports of attacks by Ukrainians.
The Ukrainian authorities said there were impacts in Ukraine in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In Dnipro, the military administration reported explosions. Two companies, a gas station and a house were damaged. A gas station employee was injured. Russia had massively attacked with missiles and drones, it said.
In Kiev, too, the anti-aircraft defense was active again because of rocket fire. The head of the Kiev military administration, Serhiy Popko, said that fragments of a missile launched had damaged the roof of a shopping and entertainment center. A house was hit elsewhere. Cars in a parking lot were also damaged. There are no injuries, said Popko.