Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 2,000 drones in October, says Kyiv By Reuters
KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched more than 2,000 2022 drones at civilian and military targets across Ukraine last month, Kyiv’s military said on Friday, as the Kremlin’s military tried to launch an offensive in the lead-up to its February 2022 offensive.
Moscow has attacked Ukrainian towns and cities regularly, with the capital Kyiv being attacked 20 times in October alone, according to city officials.
Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement that it had intercepted 1,185 of the 2,023 planes launched last month and that another 738 were “lost in the area”.
“In total, since the beginning of 2024, the enemy launched 6,987 attack UAVs on the territory of Ukraine. The enemy drones mainly targeted civilian and critical infrastructure,” it said.
Ukraine said on Friday it had destroyed 31 drones and one missile in the latest Russian strike, which destroyed residential buildings in at least two districts and a fire station in the southern Odesa region.
Russia has denied targeting civilians and said the power plants are legitimate targets if they are part of Ukraine’s military infrastructure.
Ukraine is bracing for another season of blackouts amid the threat of a new Russian attack on the country’s electricity system, which was already weakened by a series of strikes earlier this year.
