Ukraine sends over 30 drones to Russia

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities said Ukrainian drone and missile attacks killed four people and wounded more than 100 on Sunday, marking the second day of Russian bombing of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, leaving at least one person dead.

Five people – including two children – were killed by falling debris when five Ukrainian missiles were fired in Sevastopol, a port city in Crimea annexed by Russia, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the city’s Moscow-appointed governor. The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing the Health Ministry, that 124 people were injured.

Razvozhayev declared Monday a day of mourning in the city and cancelled public events.

One person was killed and three injured in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine when three Ukrainian drones attacked the town of Grayvoron, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that air defenses shot down 33 Ukrainian drones overnight over the western Russian regions of Bryansk, Smolensk, Lipetsk and Tula. No casualties or damage were reported.

A new attack on Kharkiv on Sunday killed at least one person and injured ten, according to local authorities. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the city was attacked with a guided bomb and about half of Kharkiv was without electricity because of the strike.

Sunday’s attacks came after Russia struck Kharkiv with four aerial bombs on Saturday afternoon, hitting a five-story residential building and killing three people. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said 41 people were still being treated for injuries on Sunday.

In a video message after the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj called on Ukraine’s partners to strengthen its air defenses.

“Modern air defense systems for Ukraine – such as Patriots, accelerated training of our pilots for the F-16 and, most importantly, sufficient range of our weapons – are really necessary,” he said.

Two people were injured by falling debris when two Russian missiles were fired over the Kyiv region during the night, said Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshuk.

The regional governor of Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk region, Vadym Filashkin, said two people were killed and four injured in Saturday’s Russian attacks.

In addition, the Ukrainian Navy released photos on Sunday that it said confirmed the destruction of a warehouse in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar that was used to launch and store Iranian-designed Shahed drones.

Navy officials said instructors and cadets were killed in the attack on Friday evening. Moscow has not yet commented on the reports, but officials said air defenses shot down several drones in the area on Friday evening.

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Morton reported from London.

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