Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine’s south and east — Ukraine’s Air Force

Drone footage shows a tank on fire after it was hit by ammunition from the air, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, northwest of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, in this still image from a video released by the Ukrainian army July 15, 2023. (REUTERS)
Drone footage shows a tank on fire after it was hit by ammunition from the air, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, northwest of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, in this still image from a video released by the Ukrainian army July 15, 2023. (REUTERS)
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Updated 18 July 2023
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Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine’s south and east — Ukraine’s Air Force

Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine’s south and east — Ukraine’s Air Force
  • Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region’s military administration said air defense systems there were engaged in repelling a Russian drone attacks

KYIV: Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine’s south and east using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force said early on Tuesday.
The southern port of Odesa and the Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions were under threat of Russian drone attacks, the Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app.
It added that Russia may be using ballistic weaponry to attack the regions of Poltava, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kirovohrad.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports.
Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region’s military administration said air defense systems there were engaged in repelling a Russian drone attacks.
“Several waves of attacks are likely,” Kiper said on Telegram.