Russia targets Ukraine with latest mass drone strike
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Four cities in Ukraine's northeasten Sumy region had come under attack by Iranian-made drones.
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KYIV - Russian forces launched three dozen drones across several Ukrainian regions overnight, hitting civilian infrastructure, the authorities in Ukraine said on March 14.
Mr Oleh Synehubov, governor of the eastern Kharkiv region, said on Telegram that repairs were under way after “television infrastructure objects” had been struck, but offered no further details.
The authorities in the neighbouring north-eastern Sumy region said infrastructure in four cities had come under attack by Iranian-made drones.
Ukraine’s military said it shot down 22 of the 36 drones launched overnight by Russia.
Five were shot down over Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv and south-eastern Dnipro regions, local officials said. There were no immediate details about where the other drones had struck or been shot down.
Russia has carried out regular air strikes on population centres far behind the lines of its two-year-old invasion of Ukraine. REUTERS
