**Russia’s Ongoing Attacks on Ukraine: A Devastating Toll**
Over the past 24 hours, Russia’s relentless aggression against Ukraine has taken a devastating toll on civilians. At least five people have been killed and 73 others injured in attacks across various regions of the country.
**Aerial Assaults Intensify**
Russia launched an impressive array of attacks, deploying 452 drones, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type suicide drones, alongside 45 missiles of different types. Ukraine’s Air Force reported that air defenses intercepted 199 drones, while another 169 were successfully used as decoys to overwhelm Ukrainian systems.
**Repelling the Attacks**
Despite the sheer scale of the attacks, Ukrainian forces have managed to repel them using a combination of aviation units, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups, and anti-aircraft missile systems. This coordinated effort has helped mitigate the damage, but the civilian casualties are still staggering.
**Regional Breakdown: The Devastating Cost**
Kyiv was hit particularly hard, with at least four civilians killed and 20 others injured, including 16 hospitalized. In other regions:
* Volyn Oblast reported 15 injuries, with an apartment building damaged by drones.
* Ternopil Oblast saw 10 people injured in strikes on civilian areas.
* Chernihiv Oblast recorded four wounded individuals and multiple homes damaged.
* Donetsk Oblast suffered six injuries across three settlements.
* Kharkiv Oblast reported three injuries following attacks on six settlements.
* Kherson Oblast had 10 people injured after Russian forces shelled residential areas and public infrastructure.
* Poltava Oblast recorded three injuries after missiles hit administrative buildings, commercial warehouses, and a local coffee shop.
* Sumy Oblast saw two civilians wounded in the midst of nearly 110 attacks on 47 settlements.
* Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported one fatality amid ongoing Russian attacks on front-line settlements.
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