Ukraine’s air force said earlier today that it shot down 20 out of 25 Russia-launched drones overnight over six regions of the country. Russian forces also fired nine missiles, the Kyiv’s air force added in a statement on the latest attacks in the more than two-year war.
Kyiv regional governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported that no damage was caused to any residential areas or to critical infrastructure. No casualties in the region surrounding the capital.
Cherkasy regional governor Ihor Taburets said air defences shot down one drone over the central region with no destruction reported.
Six drones were shot down in Dnipropetrovsk region, the governor Serhiy Lysak said. Various overnight attacks in this central region injured one person and damaged four apartment buildings and infrastructure.
The air defence shot down five drones over the southern region of Kherson, where attacks in the last 24 hours injured 13 people, governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
Russian forces also shelled a hospital in the northern region of Chernihiv with artillery overnight in an attack that did not cause any casualties based on preliminary information, its regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said.
Russian forces also shelled a hospital in the northern region of Chernihiv with artillery overnight in an attack that did not cause any casualties based on preliminary information, its regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said.
The U.S. Congress has passed USD 60 billion supplemental funding for Ukraine earlier this year. Ukraine is in urgent need as its ammunition reserves, especially those of artillery and air-defence, have been dwindling. Ukraine would receive ammunition for Patriot air defence system, National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), Stinger anti-aircraft missiles from the United States.
The U.S. will reprioritise planned deliveries of foreign military sales of Patriot and other missiles to go to Ukraine, which is in “desperate need” of more air defense capabilities amid its ongoing war with Russia. The Ukrainian forces will also get Additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems(HIMARS) and ammunition, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) and Javelin ATGMs besides AT-4 anti-armour rockets.
Team Bharatshakti
(With inputs from Reuters)
