As many as five individuals lost their lives and 68 others sustained injuries due to Russian assaults throughout Ukraine within the last day, according to reports from local authorities on April 17.
Russia unleashed 75 drones, encompassing Shahed-class drones, along with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and three S-300/S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, during an attack on Ukraine over night, as reported.
the Air Force
.
Anti-aircraft defenses managed to shoot down 25 drones, whereas 30 others disappeared from radar screens—presumably used as dummies to overload Ukraine’s air defense mechanisms.
The assault was repelled by a combination of Ukraine’s electronic warfare units, aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, and mobile fire groups.
In
Dnipro
A drone attack resulted in the deaths of three individuals, one being a child, and left 30 others wounded.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Governor
Serhii Lysak
said. Five of the injured are children. The strike damaged a dozen apartment buildings, numerous houses, a school, a dormitory, and a gymnasium.
In
Kherson Oblast
, one individual died and 15 more were injured, including a child, according to the Governor.
Oleksandr Prokudin
stated. Russian troops aimed at residential zones and essential facilities.
Russian attacks in
Kharkiv Oblast
left 16 individuals wounded, Governor
Oleh Syniehubov
reported. The strikes damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure across multiple communities.
In
Donetsk Oblast
, a resident of Pokrovsk was killed, and six others were injured across the region, according to Governor
Vadym Filashkin
.
In
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
A 55-year-old man sustained injuries, and over the course of the day, Russian forces conducted 350 attacks on 15 different communities, as reported by the governor.
Ivan Fedorov
reported.
The extensive assaults occur as Russia persists in not fully accepting an agreement.
ceasefire
accordance with the latest increase in intensity
strikes
in civilian regions throughout Ukraine.
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