Russia launched an overnight wave of drone attacks across Ukraine, damaging homes and sparking fires, according to Ukrainian officials.
Russian drone strikes damaged residential buildings in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Governor Serhiy Lysak. About 10 private homes, as well as several shops and vehicles, were damaged, and a cultural center was partially destroyed, he said.
In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a fire broke out at “one of the facilities in the region” following a drone strike, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and no injuries were reported.
In the Sumy region, a drone strike hit civilian infrastructure in a village, igniting a fire, local authorities said. No casualties were reported.
Officials in the Kyiv region and in the city of Lutsk, in the Volyn region, also reported repelling drone attacks. No injuries were reported in either location.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russian forces launched 110 drones overnight, including both attack drones and decoy drones. Of those, 62 were shot down, and 29 others crashed before reaching their targets.
The wave of drone strikes came ahead of Russia and Ukraine’s first direct negotiations since 2022, taking place Thursday in Istanbul.