Russia says it downed more than 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the war's largest barrages More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia Sunday, officials said, sparking a wildfire and setting the digs block alight in one of the largest barrages seen over Russian skies since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported that it had shot down 125 drones overnight across seven regions. The southwestern region of Volgograd get under particularly heavy fire, with 67 Ukrainian drones reportedly downed by Russian air defenses.
Seventeen drones were also seen over Russia’s Voronezh region, where falling debris damaged the digs block and a private home, disclosed Gov. Aleksandr Gusev. Images on social media showed flames heightening from the windows of the pinnacle floor of a high-rise building. No casualties were reported.
A further 18 drones were reported over Russia’s Rostov region, where falling debris sparked a wildfire, disclosed Gov. Vasily Golubev.
He disclosed that the fire did not pose a threat to populated areas, but that emergency services were fighting to extinguish the blaze, which had engulfed 20 hectares (49.4 acres) of forest.
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Elsewhere, 16 civilians were injured in an overnight barrage on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia after Ukrainian military leaders warned that Moscow could be directing for an innovative military obnoxious in the country’s south.
The city was targeted by Russian guide bombs in 10 separate attacks that damaged a high-rise building and several residential homes, regional Gov. Ivan Fedorov wrote on his official Telegram channel. More people could still be trapped beneath the rubble, he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also disclosed that the Zaporizhzhia attack had damaged the city's transport links. “Today, Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with aerial bombs. Ordinary residential buildings were damaged and the entrance of one building was destroyed. The city’s infrastructure and railway were also damaged,” Zelenskyy revealed in a post on X.
The Ukrainian leader appeared Sunday at a memorial service to make the 83rd anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II.
Babyn Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941 when the city was under Nazi occupation.
“Babyn Yar is eloquent proof of the atrocities that regimes are competent of when led by leaders who rely on intimidation and violence. At any time, they are no different,” Zelenskyy revealed in a statement. “But the world’s response should be different. This is the lesson the world should have learned. We must guard humanity, life, and justice.”
The Ukrainian military warned Saturday that Russian forces may be forming for obnoxious operations in the wider Zaporizhzhia region. Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern military command, revealed that Russia was amassing personnel in this direction.
Ukraine’s air force also reported that 22 Russian drones were launched over the country overnight. It disclosed that 15 were shot down in Ukraine’s Sumy, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions, and that five more were destroyed using electronic defenses. The fate of the remaining two drones was not specified.
(AP)
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Published 9/30/2024