Ukraine announced on Wednesday that Russia had bombarded over a hundred locations in the past 24 hours, marking the largest number during a single attack this year.
Since the launch of their offensive in February 2022, Russian forces have fired millions of artillery shells at Ukrainian towns and villages near the front lines, reducing many to ruins in the country’s east.
“Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has bombarded 118 locations in ten regions,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said in a social media post, “This is the largest number of towns and villages to suffer an attack since the start of the year.”
A Russian attack on a petroleum refinery in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, that resulted in no casualties, required the deployment of over a hundred firefighters to keep the ensuing fire under control, according to Mr. Klimenko.
Ukraine and its Western allies fear Russia will intensify attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure ahead of the dreaded winter, as happened last year.
Overnight bombings killed one person in the northeastern region of Kharkiv and another person in the Kherson, in the south, according to local officials.
A Russian drone attack also killed one person and injured four others in Nikopol, anothern southern location.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian Air Force announced on Wednesday that it shot down 18 out of 20 Russian drones launched during the night.
For its part, Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed to have downed two Ukrainian drones flying over the Bryansk and Kursk regions, which border Ukraine.
