Russia launches more than 440 drones, missiles at Ukraine overnight, Zelenskyy says
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Russia launched more than 440 drones and missiles into the country overnight, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday, in Moscow's latest major long-range attack.
LONDON -- Russia launched more than 440 drones and missiles into the country overnight, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday, in Moscow's latest major long-range attack on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure.
Ukraine's air force reported 408 drones and 39 missiles launched into the country by Russia overnight into Saturday morning, of which 382 drones and 24 missiles were shot down or suppressed.
Twenty-one drones and 13 missiles impacted across 19 locations, the air force said in a post to Telegram.
Oleksandr Koval, the head of the Rivne regional military administration in western Ukraine, said at least one person was killed and two others injured in overnight Russian strikes on the region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on social media that the attacks again targeted the country's energy sector amid a brutally cold winter.
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