Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- A Russian drone attack on Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the southern Ukrainian city.
- A Ukrainian drone strike killed two elderly civilians in the Russia-occupied village of Dnipriany in the Kherson region, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy reported that Russia launched nearly 1,900 drones and numerous missiles in the past week, but Ukraine intercepts over 90% of these attacks, though it still needs more Patriot air defense systems.
- Ukraine is expanding its military technology production, including ground robots for logistics and combat, and is collaborating with European countries like Norway and Poland on drone manufacturing.
- Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian oil and gas infrastructure to disrupt Moscow's economy, with at least 10 attacks documented in the past two weeks by a Washington-based think tank.
