Ukraine announced this Wednesday that Russia has bombed more than 100 towns in the last 24 hours, the highest number in a single attack this year.
Since launching their offensive in February 2022, Russian forces have fired millions of artillery shells at Ukrainian cities and towns near the front lines, leaving several in ruins in the east of the country.
“In the last 24 hours, the enemy has bombed 118 towns in ten regions,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said in a message posted on social networks.
“This is the largest number of cities and towns to suffer an attack since the beginning of the year,” he adds.
A Russian attack on an oil refinery in Kremenchuk (center) has left no victims but has required the action of more than a hundred firefighters to fight the resulting fire for several hours, according to Klimenko.
Ukraine and its Western allies fear that Russia will intensify its attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure before the harsh winter, like last year.
The night bombings left one dead in the Kharkov region (northeast) and another in the Kherson region (south), local officials indicated.
A third person has been killed and four others injured by a Russian drone attack in Nikopol, in the south of the country.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced this Wednesday that it has shot down 18 of the 20 Russian drones launched overnight.
On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have shot down two Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk and Kursk regions, bordering Ukraine.