According to information from Kiev, energy infrastructure objects were hit in heavy Russian drone strikes in the Zaporizhzhia and Odessa regions of southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force announced on its Telegram channel that 29 of 38 Shahed-type kamikaze drones launched across the country were intercepted last night.
According to the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a fire broke out in Odessa as a result of the drone attack. The fire occurred in an administrative building of an energy complex. One person was injured and the fire has now been brought under control, he said.
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In Zaporizhzhia, four of eight drones were intercepted, military governor Yuri Malaschko said on Telegram. However, several infrastructure objects were also hit, causing a fire to break out. There were no injuries. In addition to the regions of Odessa and Zaporizhia, the neighboring regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson, the capital Kiev and Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine also reported attacks overnight.