Seventeen Russian drones downed in southern Ukraine overnight, infrastructure and warehouse damaged
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Ten Shahed kamikaze drones were shot down in Mykolaiv Oblast, another four in Kherson Oblast, and three more in Odesa Oblast during the latest overnight Russian attack on Ukraine's southern regions, the Southern Defense Forces reported on Telegram on Dec. 22.
A fire broke out in the infrastructure
facility in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, after the attack, regional governor,
Vitaliy Kim wrote on Telegram, adding that the fire was extinguished.
Air defenses also repelled Russian raids on
port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast. However, downed drone wreckage damaged a
grain warehouse and set it on fire. The blaze was quickly extinguished by the
company's employees.
No casualties were reported in either
incident.
The Russian military carried out a third
consecutive drone strike on Kyiv in the last six days, the head of the city's
military administration, Serhiy Popkov, reported on Dec. 22.
“One of the Russian drones caused havoc in
Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv,” he said. “A fire broke out on the upper floors
of multi-story residential building, and three apartments suffered partial wall
collapse, while another three had their windows shattered. Preliminary data
indicates two injured with soft tissue bruises and lacerations, one of whom has
been hospitalized.”
A total of 24 out of 28 Russian Shahed
kamikaze drones were shot down over Ukraine overnight.
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