The attacks were launched from the Azov Sea and Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine to the north. The Lviv region, in the west of the country, has been particularly affected.
Ukraine was the target of a Russian attack overnight with Iranian-made drones, the Ukrainian military revealed on Saturday, adding that the Lviv region in the west of the country was particularly targeted.
“Around 9:00 pm on March 17, 2023, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 ‘kamikaze’ attack drones,” said a statement posted on the Telegram application, in which the The army underlines the destruction of 11 of the 16 drones used.
The attacks were launched from the Azov Sea and Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine to the north.
Lviv regional governor Maksym Kozytski said the attack took place around 1 a.m. today, adding that three drones were shot down and three more “hit non-residential buildings” in the Yavoriv district, causing damage. but not victims.
In the southeastern region of Dnipro, air defense shot down three drones, said the head of the regional council, Mykola Lukashuk.
“Two others hit critical infrastructure in Novomoskovsk,” north of Dnipro, causing a fire and “significant” damage, with four houses destroyed and six others damaged, but no injuries, according to Mykola Lukashuk.
The drones launched in kyiv were “all” destroyed by the “air defense forces”, causing no casualties or damage, the city administration said on social media.
Source: Observadora
