Russia launched “more than 400 drones” against Ukraine on Tuesday, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, reporting one of the worst daylight attacks
Russia launched one of the largest daylight attacks against Ukraine on Tuesday, with “more than 400 drones”after a night already marked by massive strikes, Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yuri Ihnat told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“They have already launched more than 400 drones” since 9 a.m. local time, he said. “On such a scale, it’s almost a first. I don’t remember there being any strikes in broad daylight with such a large number of drones.” in four years of Russian invasion, he added, while an attack in Lviv (west) is still underway.
These drones targeted the capital kyiv and several cities across the country, including those in the western regions including Lviv, the Ukrainian English media reported. The Kyiv Independent.
The Governor of Lviv Oblast, Maksym Kozytsky, for his part, announced on Telegram that two districts of the city had been affected, causing fires in residential buildings in the city center as well as in the Sykhiv district. He said the historic center of the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, had been damaged. “There are already 13 injured in Lviv hospitals. The number of victims continues to increase »wrote Lviv Mayor Andri Sadovy in a message published on Telegram.
Russian drones also struck the towns of Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia, all in western Ukraine, according to the TV channel RBC Ukraine.
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