Ukrainian officials reported damage Thursday at a market in the northeastern city of Kharkiv after the latest round of overnight Russian drone attacks targeting multiple parts of the country.
Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that debris from a downed drone damaged power lines in the city.
Ukraine’s military said its air defenses shot down 56 of the 77 total drones deployed by Russian forces.
The intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia and Zhytomyr regions, according to the military.
Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysask said on Telegram that Russian drone attacks and shelling damaged more than 10 houses in his region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday it destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones overnight.
About half of the drones were shot down over the Sea of Azov, the ministry said, while Russian forces destroyed the others of the Rostov, Krasnodar and Astrakhan regions.
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a drone struck a car in the village of Logachyovka, killing three people.
Some information for this report came from Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
