LONDON — Russia launched a record-high 188 strike drones into Ukraine on Monday night time and Tuesday morning, increasing its long-range marketing campaign towards Ukrainian infrastructure to coincide with the onset of winter.
Ukraine’s air power stated on Telegram that it downed 76 drones. One other 95 had been misplaced in flight — probably resulting from jamming efforts — and 5 flew into Belarus.
Russia additionally fired 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles as a part of the assault, the air power stated. None had been shot down.
“Sadly, crucial infrastructure objects have been hit, and personal and multi-apartment buildings have been broken in a number of areas resulting from a mass assault by UAVs,” the air power wrote.
Explosions are seen within the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, throughout a Russian drone strike on Nov. 25, 2024.
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Latest weeks have seen a transparent intensification of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, with the dimensions and regularity of such assaults on the rise. The earlier largest assault of 145 drones occurred on Nov. 10.
As in earlier winters, Russia is attacking crucial power infrastructure in a bid to disclaim Ukrainians energy and heat by the approaching freezing months. Temperatures in Ukraine have already fallen under freezing and can stay low till early spring.
Monday night time’s drone assault broken power infrastructure within the western metropolis of Ternopil, Serhii Nadal — the pinnacle of the native regional protection physique — stated on Telegram.
Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, reported the downing of at the least 39 Ukrainian drones over a number of Russian areas on Monday night time. The ministry reported no injury or casualties.
