Ukraine's Air Force said it shot down 32 of a total of 46 drones sent by Russia overnight. One person was killed and four wounded in Kherson by one that eluded Ukrainian air defenses.
Ukraine's Air Force said on Wednesday that Russia attacked with a total of 46 unmanned aircraft overnight, almost three-quarters of which its air defense systems were able to shoot down.
Those that did penetrate aerial defenses mainly struck front-line regions, in particular the city of Kherson.
Authorities reported one dead and four wounded in Kherson late on Tuesday as the wave of aerial attacks had begun.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kherson separately came under shellfire. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said Moscow had launched "a massive bombing" of the southern city.
"Kherson in the evening. Around 140 civilians waiting at the station for an evacuation train," Klymenko said, sharing an image on the social media website Telegram.
He said one police officer was killed, and four people, two of them police, were wounded.
Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsya said on Telegram that the station and a train were damaged but "the situation is under control and the railway is ready to continue functioning."
Kherson has been a focal point of the fighting almost since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
The Kremlin's troops captured the city shortly after the February invasion, only to be forced out and back across to the other bank of the Dnipro River later that year. But Russian forces have continued to bombard the city since being pushed back.
Source: Dw
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