Transport infrastructure in Dnipro sustained heavy damage during overnight Russian strikes across Ukraine, local authorities reported on Thursday.
Explosions echoed in Kyiv while air defense systems engaged incoming aerial threats, 24tv.ua reported. Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha said that the attack targeted transport facilities in Dnipro, though preliminary data indicated no casualties, according to NV. He said that the scale of the destruction was being determined.
Simultaneously, a Russian strike hit an industrial enterprise in Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration head Andriy Raikovych announced. Air raid alerts covered nearly the entire country as ballistic missile threats prompted nationwide warnings, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
The Air Force reported that a jet-propelled drone from Bryansk Oblast in Russia moved toward Chernihiv Oblast, while another jet drone flew past Belyky in Poltava Oblast in a northwest direction, and a jet drone headed toward Zlatopil in Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukrainian air defense tracked multiple jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles moving toward Kyiv and surrounding regions through the night. NV reported that jet drones crossed from Chernihiv Oblast toward Ivankiv, while other projectiles targeted the outskirts of Bila Tserkva and Kaniv.
The Air Force reported that a jet-powered drone from the Black Sea flew toward Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Oblast, and another jet drone flew past Orativ toward Vinnytsia, while a drone that crossed into Vinnytsia Oblast from Odesa flew toward Zhmerynka.
Air raid alerts remained active across northern and central provinces as military officials warned of incoming guided aerial bombs directed at Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and eastern Kharkiv regions. The Air Force reported that Russian forces launched guided aerial bombs toward Zaporizhzhia, and a new group of jet-powered Shahed drones flew toward Dnipro from the east, while drones flew toward Kharkiv from the north.
NV said that jet-propelled drones also flew near Odesa toward Chornomorsk from the south. The Air Force reported that drones flew toward Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast.
Fakty ICTV detailed that interactive online maps tracked the spread of air raid sirens across Ukrainian districts, updating every few seconds to reflect active threat zones.
Authorities lifted air raid alerts in Kyiv and western oblasts by early morning as air defense units cleared the airspace.
“Information on the consequences is being clarified,” Raikovych stated regarding the strike on Kropyvnytskyi.
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