The assaults got here within the aftermath of a large-scale assault in Donetsk the day earlier than.
Ukrainian forces shot down 60 Russian assault drones in a single day from Saturday to Sunday, the Ukrainian Air Force reported Sunday morning.
Drones have been shot down over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kiev, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Donetsk.
A complete of 94 drones have been launched from bases within the Russian territories of Millerovo, Oryol, Bryansk and Kursk. Although falling particles prompted injury to a number of residential homes in Kharkiv, Sumy and Poltava, the Air Force reported no casualties.
The assaults got here within the aftermath of large-scale assaults within the Donetsk entrance space on Saturday.
Among the affected areas was town of Bilytske. At least 4 explosions have been heard within the metropolis. The bombing broken a gasoline station and not less than two close by residential buildings.
Further Russian advances on the Eastern Front
Following the strike, parked automobiles additionally caught hearth. According to the spokesperson of the State Emergency Service of the Donetsk area, rescuers put out the fireplace on the scene of the accident. Two homes, an administration constructing, infrastructure and a few automobiles have been broken.
At least 132 folks, together with 12 youngsters, have been evacuated from Donetsk, Governor Vadym Filashkin stated Sunday morning.
According to Filashkin, Russian troops shelled Donetsk settlements 20 occasions on Saturday, killing one particular person within the village of Hryshyne, not removed from Pokrovsk.
Saturday’s assaults broken greater than 60 homes in Donetsk, he added.
Russian troops proceed to advance on the Eastern Front. Pokrovsk and Kurakhove stay the focal factors of Russia’s japanese offensive, now in its fifth month.
On Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry stated it had captured three settlements within the japanese Donbass area over the previous week.
It additional stated that the Ukrainian military’s losses within the front-line areas of Kharkov and Kursk through the week amounted to greater than 2,835 personnel, 30 tanks and 122 armored preventing automobiles.
