Russia and Ukraine struck one another with tons of of drones on Sunday, throwing Russian air journey in disarray, days after Moscow launched its largest aerial assault within the greater than 3-year-old warfare.
Images circulating on social media confirmed crowds huddling at Russian airports together with key worldwide hubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as tons of of flights had been delayed or canceled as a result of Ukrainian drone strikes on Saturday and in a single day, in accordance with Russia’s Transport Ministry.
The flight disruptions hit Moscow’s Sheremetyevo and St. Petersburg’s fundamental Pulkovo airports. Different airports in western and central Russia additionally confronted disruptions.
Russian air defenses shot down 120 Ukrainian drones throughout the nighttime assaults, and 39 extra earlier than 2 p.m. Moscow time (11 GMT) on Sunday, Russia’s Protection Ministry stated. It didn’t make clear what number of had hit targets, or what number of had been launched in complete.
Early on Sunday, Ukrainian drones injured two civilians in Russia’s Belgorod area close to the border, its Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov stated Sunday.
The Ukrainian assaults got here simply days after Russia pummelled Kyiv with waves of drones and missiles in a single day into Friday, in what Ukrainian officers referred to as the most important such strike since Moscow’s all-out invasion. The seven-hour onslaught killed not less than two civilians, wounded dozens extra and brought about widespread injury, Ukraine stated, whereas Moscow ramped up its push to seize extra of its neighbor’s land.
In complete, Russia launched 550 drones and missiles throughout Ukraine that night time, in accordance with the nation’s air pressure. The barrages have coincided with a concerted Russian effort to interrupt by elements of the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) entrance line, the place Ukrainian troops are underneath extreme strain.
Giant-scale Russian drone strikes on Sunday injured three civilians in Kyiv and not less than two in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis within the northeast, officers stated. A big Russian assault involving Shahed drones additionally focused port infrastructure in Mykolaiv in central Ukraine, in accordance with native Gov. Vitaliy Kim. He reported warehouses and the port’s energy grid had been broken however there have been no casualties.
Hours later, Russia launched a glide bomb and a drone on the front-line city of Kostyantynivka in japanese Ukraine, killing 4 civilians and injuring a fifth, the prosecutor’s workplace stated. The drone struck a automotive wherein a married couple had been travelling, killing the 39-year-old lady and 40-year-old man on the spot, it stated.
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