According to Ukrainian information, at least eight people, including two children, died in Russian attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Kiev claims to have shot down a Russian Tupolev supersonic bomber for the first time.
According to the government, at least eight people, including two children, were killed in Russian attacks in the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk. The rescue work is still ongoing and the number of victims is expected to rise, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on the Telegram online service.
According to the Interior Ministry, the Synelnykove district and the regional capital Dnipro were attacked. Interior Minister Klymenko said six people were killed in Synelnykove, including two children aged six and eight.
Kyiv: From 22 guided missiles and 14 drones attacked
According to the Interior Ministry, two people were killed and more than a dozen others injured in the regional capital Dnipro. Governor Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram that a multi-story building in the city of Dnipro was on fire and partially destroyed. An attack in the Kryvyi Rih district west of Dnipro also caused damage and three people were injured.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia attacked Ukraine during the night with 22 guided missiles and 14 drones. All Shahed drones and 15 guided missiles were destroyed, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on Telegram. According to the Ukrainian railway company, train facilities were targeted in the Russian attacks. Seven of her employees were among the injured and one employee was killed.
Air force chief reports Russian bomber shot down
Air Force Commander Oleshchuk also announced that the army had shot down a Russian Tupolev 22M3 supersonic bomber for the first time since the beginning of the war. The air defense, in cooperation with military intelligence, destroyed the strategic bomber that had previously been involved in an attack on Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army says it shot down a Tupolev 22M3.
Tu-22M3 bombers are equipped with Ch-22 cruise missiles, which Russia uses to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities. Unconfirmed footage on online platforms showed a fighter plane with its tail on fire, spiraling towards the ground.
Russia, however, spoke of a crash that was apparently caused by a technical malfunction. The bomber was returning from a combat mission and crashed hundreds of kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory in the Stavropol region of southern Russia. At least one of the four pilots is said to have died.