The Ukrainian army has repelled a massive Russian attack on the war front in some regions of the country.
Russia launched 50 drones and five cruise missiles on nine Ukrainian regions on June 7, but the large attack was almost completely repelled by Ukraine’s air defenses, Air Force commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk said in a statement.
“Forty-eight attack drones and five Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were shot down in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Khmelnytskiy regions,” Oleshchuk said.
In the Kyiv region, the attack caused a fire at an industrial facility, regional Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said, adding that there had been no casualties.
Russia has intensified its attack on Ukraine in a new wave of military operations, with Kyiv requesting more arms from Western allies in repelling Moscow’s massive attacks.
Western allies are currently deliberating on giving Ukraine access to strike targets in Russia, with the Kremlin warning of further escalation should their weapons be aimed toward Moscow.