Ukraine claims to have shot down several Russian drones during the night of Wednesday to Thursday, October 12, after an attack by Moscow. “A total of 28 [drones] ‘Shahed-131/136’ were destroyed last night.”announced the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram. “Warehouse buildings in the southern port area of the Odessa region were damaged by a strike”added the same source. Follow our live stream.
Three people killed by drone debris. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, debris from a drone shot down in the Russian region of Belgorod killed three people, including a young child. “Two residential buildings were destroyed” and several others damaged, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Two other people, injured and in critical condition, were hospitalized.
Ukraine has retaken “more than half” of its territory, according to Washington. “To date, Ukraine has regained more than half of the territory conquered by Russia since 2022. The weapons and equipment announced today will help sustain Ukraine’s progress and give it new momentum”declared the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, on the X platform.
At least four people killed by Russian fire on Ukrainian school. A Russian missile hit a school in the town of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least four people. “As a result of the Russian strike, four people died: a 72-year-old man and three women aged 69, 67 and 60”said Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram.