Russia downs over 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the war’s largest barrages

More than 100 Ukrainian drones were changeable down implicit Russia Sunday, officials said, sparking a wildfire and mounting an flat artifact alight successful 1 of the largest barrages seen implicit Russian skies since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence reported that it had shot down 125 drones overnight crossed 7 regions. The southwestern portion of Volgograd came nether peculiarly dense fire, with 67 Ukrainian drones reportedly downed by Russian aerial defences.

Seventeen drones were besides seen implicit Russia’s Voronezh region, wherever falling debris damaged an flat artifact and a backstage home, said Gov. Aleksandr Gusev. Images connected societal media showed flames rising from the windows of the apical level of a high-rise building. No casualties were reported.

A further 18 drones were reported implicit Russia’s Rostov region, wherever falling debris sparked a wildfire, said Gov. Vasily Golubev.

He said that the occurrence did not airs a menace to populated areas, but that exigency services were warring to extinguish the blaze, which had engulfed 20 hectares (49.4 acres) of forest.

Russian crushed battle warnings

Elsewhere, 16 civilians were injured successful an overnight barrage connected the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia aft Ukrainian subject leaders warned that Moscow could beryllium preparing for a caller subject violative in the country’s south.

The metropolis was targeted by Russian usher bombs successful 10 abstracted attacks that damaged a high-rise gathering and respective residential homes, determination Gov. Ivan Fedorov wrote connected his authoritative Telegram channel. More radical could inactive beryllium trapped beneath the rubble, helium said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy besides said that the Zaporizhzhia onslaught had damaged the city’s transport links. “Today, Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with aerial bombs. Ordinary residential buildings were damaged and the entranceway of 1 gathering was destroyed. The city’s infrastructure and railway were besides damaged,” Zelenskyy said successful a post connected X.

The Ukrainian person appeared Sunday astatine a memorial work to marque the 83rd day of the Babyn Yar massacre, 1 of the astir infamous wide slaughters of World War II.

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Babyn Yar, a ravine successful the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is wherever astir 34,000 Jews were killed wrong 48 hours successful 1941 erstwhile the metropolis was nether Nazi occupation.

“Babyn Yar is vivid impervious of the atrocities that regimes are susceptible of erstwhile led by leaders who trust connected intimidation and violence. At immoderate time, they are nary different,” Zelenskyy said successful a statement. “But the world’s effect should beryllium different. This is the acquisition the satellite should person learned. We indispensable defender humanity, life, and justice.”

The Ukrainian subject warned Saturday that Russian forces whitethorn beryllium preparing for violative operations successful the wider Zaporizhzhia region. Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine’s confederate subject command, said that Russia was amassing unit successful this direction.

Ukraine’s aerial unit besides reported that 22 Russian drones were launched implicit the state overnight. It said that 15 were changeable down successful Ukraine’s Sumy, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions, and that 5 much were destroyed utilizing physics defenses. The destiny of the remaining 2 drones was not specified.