World·Ukraine
Update: Russia hits Kyiv energy links overnight with 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles; 2 killed, 37 injured
The Kyiv Independent reported Saturday that Russian attacks killed two people and injured 37 across Ukraine over the past day, and that overnight Russia hit a Kyiv Oblast substation connecting Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear plants to Kyiv and central regions, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 172 long-range attack drones, including 137 jet-powered, plus an unknown number of ballistic and other missiles; air defenses intercepted 149 drones and four missiles. Zelensky said all 36 ballistic missiles were aimed at Kyiv and the surrounding region, damaging residential buildings and the Northern Bridge and leaving the capital with serious electricity, water, and heat problems.
Sources
- Kyiv IndependentRussian attacks kill 2, injure 37 across Ukraine over past day, hit substations connecting nuclear power plants to Kyiv
- UkrinformAir defense downs four missiles, 149 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine overnight