Debris from Russian drones shot down by Ukraine have injured two people and damaged two homes in the region surrounding the capital in the second such attack on the area in as many nights, Kyiv authorities said today.
There were no direct hits to residential or critical infrastructure, the authorities said. The air force said it had shot down all seven Shahed-type drones used in the attack.
The strike came a day after Ukraine said Russia used 87 drones against Ukraine in one of its largest drone attacks of the war to date.
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The governor of the central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region said the air force shot down one drone over the region and no casualties were reported.
Russia also launched Iskander-M ballistic missiles at the battered northeastern region of Kharkiv overnight, injuring one more person, its governor said.
Ukraine's national railways Ukrzaliznytsia said the Russian missile attack on the region damaged its tracks and power supply facilities, in addition to two locomotives, freight and passenger cars.
Ukraine protests against death of Azov brigade member in Russian captivity
Meanwhile, Ukraine's human rights commissioner has demanded an explanation from Russian authorities over the death in captivity of a member of the Azov brigade who took part in the three-month defence of the port of Mariupol in 2022.
Dmytro Lubinets urged Russia to uphold the Geneva Convention on war practices after the death of Oleksandr Ishchenko, one of 22 Ukrainian prisoners put on trial in connection with their association with the regiment.
Azov is banned as a terrorist organisation in Russia.
Human rights and the return home of prisoners of war remain in focus in the 29-month-old war, particularly for Ukraine after many allegations of atrocities by Russian occupation troops.
The Azov regiment, founded by nationalist fighters but now incorporated into Ukraine's military, is revered throughout Ukraine, particularly for defending the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol from a Russian onslaught until the city was taken in May 2022.
