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Russian drone attacks on Ukraine injure eight, damage residences​
 
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Tue, 28 Jan 2025   ||   Nigeria,
 

Ukrainian local officials on Tuesday said overnight Russian air attacks injured no fewer than eight people, set a private business on fire, and damaged residential buildings around Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 65 drones, and 28 more did not reach their targets in the barrage.

Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said a 62-year-old woman was hospitalized, and a 66-year-old man was injured when drone debris damaged several houses in the Kharkiv district, which includes the city of the same name.

The Mayor of Kharkiv district, Ihor Terekhov, said on Telegram that emergency services were called soon after midnight to a private business that caught fire in Kharkiv due to the Russian drone attack.

According to Ukraine’s state emergency service, the fire engulfed production facilities, adding that two people suffered acute stress reactions, including a child.

It was not immediately clear what facility was burning; however, video footage showed massive flames coming from what looked like an industrial building.

Russia also launched a drone attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa, damaging several residential buildings and cars, and injuring four people in the city and the nearby area.

According to Mayor Iryna Pletnova, after the attack impacted power and heating in the central town of Uman in the Cherkasy region, local services were working to restore the supply.

Local authorities said that the drone attack on the Kyiv region destroyed nine vehicles and damaged 27 more in the vintage car museum.

The attack also damaged residential houses and cars around the region, without causing any casualties.

There was no immediate comment from Russia.

Both sides deny targeting civilians in the nearly three-year war that Russia started with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

 

 

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