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Russia strikes Ukraine with 62 drones overnight: Air defense's work reported

Russia strikes Ukraine with 62 drones overnight: Air defense's work reported Illustrative photo (RBC-Ukraine, Vitalii Nosach)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

On the night of October 30, Russia launched an unidentified missile from the Belgorod region at a private sector in the Sumy region. The Russians also attacked Ukraine with 62 drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

The Russian air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

As of 7 a.m. Kyiv time, 33 Russian drones were confirmed to have been shot down in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv and Poltava regions.

25 Russian drones were lost.

On the night of October 30, Russia once again attacked Kyiv with drones. Ukrainian air defense system was working. Klitschko reported an explosion in the Solomianskyi district of the capital and a fire caused by the fall of drone debris in the same area.

There are reports of fires on the 2nd and 3rd floors of a multi-story residential building and a multi-story office building. 9 people were injured.