KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched a new barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian and wounding more than 30 people in the centre, south, and northeast of the country, Ukrainian officials said.
The Interior Ministry said one person was killed in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region as the Russian forces attacked with drones, damaging civilian infrastructure and residential houses.
According to the ministry’s statement on Telegram, nine people were injured in the Odesa region.
Four people were wounded in a drone attack on central Kyiv region and at least six private houses and several cars were damaged, the ministry said.
Russia also pounded the city of Kharkiv in the northeast with guided air bombs during the overnight attack, wounding at least 25 people, said Oleh Syniehubov, Kharkiv regional governor.
Russia has intensified its air attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns, sending swarms of drones almost daily with multiple night-time explosions and the constant sound of drones keeping residents awake.
Ukrainian officials have said frequent drone attacks were an apparent attempt to stretch Ukrainian air defence and increase pressure on the civilian population as the war against Russia nears the 1,000-day mark and Russian troops steadily advance in the east.
Ukraine’s military said Russia launched more than 2,000 attack drones at civilian and military targets across the country in October.
(Reporting by Olena Harmash; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)
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