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Nine people have been killed and at least 28 injured in the latest Russian drone attacks across Ukraine, local officials have said.<\/p>\n
They said the worst-hit was the central Dnipropetrovsk region, where eight people were killed and 11 injured throughout Tuesday. One casualty was reported in the eastern Donetsk region. Overall, 14 regions were attacked.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday morning, President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 100 Russian drones were currently over Ukraine, warning of “more waves” of attacks throughout the day.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Russian officials said a gas processing plant and two other industrial facilities in three regions were hit by Ukrainian drones overnight. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n
The latest attacks come shortly after a three-day US-brokered ceasefire expired late on Monday.<\/p>\n
Both Russia and Ukraine reported multiple violations – mostly along the vast frontline – during the truce, but no major aerial attacks.<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n
In a post on Telegram on Wednesday morning, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported more than 30 Russian attacks on three districts throughout Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He said two people were killed in Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, and another six in the Synelnykove district – just south-east of the regional capital Dnipro.<\/p>\n
“More than two dozen houses were damaged,” Hanzha added.<\/p>\n
In the north-eastern Kharkiv region, five people were reported injured and a number of residential houses damaged.<\/p>\n
Russian drone strikes were also reported in the southern Odesa, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in Poltave – Ukraine’s central region.<\/p>\n
Writing on Telegram on Wednesday morning, Zelensky said 14 Ukrainian regions were attacked throughout Tuesday, and there were more attacks overnight.<\/p>\n
He accused Russia of “purposely” targeting Ukraine’s railway infrastructure and other civilian facilities.<\/p>\n
In its latest update on Wednesday, Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 139 drones in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n
It said 111 projectiles were shot down or intercepted, but recorded 20 direct hits in 13 locations.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Russian defence ministry said 286 Ukrainian drones were intercepted since Tuesday evening over 14 Russian regions and Crimea – Ukraine’s southern peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.<\/p>\n
In the southern Astrakhan region, Governor Igor Babushkin said that overnight, falling drone debris triggered a fire at a gas processing plant in the regional capital.<\/p>\n
“There is no threat of air pollution,” he added.<\/p>\n
Local officials also said two industrial facilities were damaged during Ukrainian overnight attacks in the southern Krasnodar region and in the city of Yaroslval, north-east of the Russian capital Moscow.<\/p>\n
In recent months, Ukraine’s military has intensified its strikes on key energy facilities across Russia.<\/p>\n
Kyiv says they are legitimate targets, as they allow Russia to continue its war effort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n