Ukraine frontline latest: Russia launches 177 drones in attack on Kyiv region, leaving one dead
Three years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deadly attacks and drone strikes continue on a daily basis.
More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since the beginning of the war, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, and tens of thousands more injured.
A recent US diplomatic blitz on the war has sent Kyiv and key allies scrambling to ensure a seat at the table amid concerns that Washington and Moscow could press ahead with a deal that won’t be favourable to them.
With Ukraine left on the outside looking in, the war-torn country’s citizens continue to deal with the reality of a war that is very much still ongoing.
Follow updates from the frontline in Ukraine below:
An overnight Russian drone attack on the Kyiv region killed one person, injured at least two and set several houses on fire, Mykola Kalashnyk, governor of the region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital, said on Wednesday.
The body of a civilian was found in a residential house that caught fire as a result of the attack, Kalashnyk wrote in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
“My condolences to the family and loved ones,” he said.
The Emergency Service of Ukraine said that two people, born in 2005 and 1981, were injured in the Russian attack on the Bucha district of the Kyiv region and were receiving medical assistance. The emergency service posted several photos and video on Telegram of firefighters battling flames at night in what appeared to be residential buildings and garages.
Throughout the night, witnesses said they heard blasts in and around Kyiv and what sounded like air defence systems in operation.
Ukraine’s air defences shot down 110 of 177 drones launched in the latest assault, the air force said. Sixty six other drones were “lost”, which means Ukraine was able to redirect them.
Russian attack kills one and injures 14 in eastern Ukrainian town
A Russian attack on the town of Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s east on Tuesday killed one and injured at least 14, including four children, Ukrainian national police said.
Russian fire hit a residential district, damaging 17 houses, the police added on the Telegram app.
