Ukraine downed 8 Russian drones, at least 2 killed and 6 injured over the past day

Ukrainian air defenses shot down eight of ten Russian drones launched on the night of November 30, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.

Russia targeted Ukraine with Iranian-designed Shahed drones and an unspecified type of drone launched from Russia’s Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk oblasts, according to the Air Force.

The drones were shot down over kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipro and Kherson oblasts, the Air Force said.

Russia has launched daily drone attacks against Ukraine over the past two months, in what experts say is a tactic to wear down Ukraine’s air defenses in anticipation of larger-scale strikes targeting energy infrastructure at home. winter is approaching. On November 28, Russia launched more than 180 drones and missiles into Ukraine, dealing a “heavy blow” to Ukraine’s power grid, according to the Energy Minister.

No casualties were reported following the nighttime drone attack.

Over the past day, at least two people have been killed and six injured in other attacks launched by Russia, local authorities reported.

At least one person was killed and six others injured in the Kherson region over the past day, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

In the Kharkiv region, a man was killed in a bomb attack in the Kupiansk district, according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.

According to the Air Force, Ukraine has detected a total of nearly 1 million aerial targets in its airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. This figure includes more than 175 000 cases of detection of aircraft, 100,000 helicopters, 57,000 drones and more than 13,000 missiles of different types.