Key facts
- Three people were killed across Ukraine on Wednesday in overnight Russian attacks.
- Kyiv experienced powerful explosions for the second consecutive night.
- Russia launched 169 long-range drones and seven missiles at Ukraine.
- Ukraine's air defenses intercepted 139 drones and two missiles.
- One woman was killed and two others injured in Kyiv.
- Two people were killed and 20 injured in Kharkiv.
- One person was killed and several injured in Saratov by a Ukrainian drone attack.
- Ukrainian drones damaged industrial facilities in Nizhnekamsk and injured several people.
- Two oil tankers were damaged in Taganrog Bay, injuring two crew members.
Three people were killed across Ukraine on Wednesday in overnight Russian attacks, including one in Kyiv, where powerful explosions hit for the second night in a row. Several explosions were heard shortly after midnight, before authorities issued an air raid alert, an unusual sequence that typically precedes strikes. In Kharkiv, two people were killed and 20 others were injured in a series of overnight strikes. Ukraine’s Air Force stated that Russia fired 169 long-range drones and seven missiles, including five ballistics, at the country, with air defenses shooting down or jamming 139 drones and two anti-radar missiles not reaching their targets. All five ballistic missiles and 20 drones struck targets at 15 locations. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed the military struck arms industry facilities in Kyiv, hitting a plant manufacturing components for Flamingo cruise missiles and a facility assembling mid- and long-range drones. The ministry also reported that air defenses downed 415 Ukrainian drones from late Tuesday to early Wednesday. In Saratov, Governor Roman Busargin said a Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured several others, damaging unspecified industrial facilities. Nizhhnekamsk Mayor Radmir Belyayev reported that Ukrainian drones damaged industrial facilities and injured several people. Rostov region Governor Yuri Slyusar stated that Ukrainian drones hit and damaged two oil tankers in Taganrog Bay, injuring two crew members, though the tankers were empty and there was no oil spill. In Ukraine, one woman was killed and two others injured in Kyiv, with Russian attacks damaging administrative buildings, warehouses, a garage complex, and several city trams. In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian guided bomb injured an elderly man and a woman.