Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and nearly 500 drones overnight: dead and wounded
On the night of March 7, Russian troops launched a massive airstrike on Ukraine, using missiles and drones.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and regional military administrations reported this.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , Russian forces launched a total of 29 missiles and 480 drones at Ukraine. The main targets of the attack were energy and railway infrastructure.
In Zaporizhzhia, a multi-story residential building was damaged by a strike. A three-month-old girl was injured. Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported that the child’s condition is considered moderate and is under medical observation.
Russian forces struck a high-rise building in Kharkiv with a ballistic missile, completely destroying one of the entrances. According to updated reports, seven people were killed, including a 13-year-old girl and a boy. Ten more were injured. A search and rescue operation is underway at the scene.
A 48-year-old man was killed and a 69-year-old woman was injured by shelling in the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . A business, approximately two dozen residential buildings, and cars were damaged, according to OVA head Oleksandr Ganzha .
According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko , drone and missile debris was recorded falling in three districts. In the Holosiivskyi district , a non-residential building caught fire, but the fire was extinguished. In the Desnyanskyi district, missile debris was found on a road, and in the Dniprovskyi district , at three locations. There are no reports of casualties.
Odessa also suffered a massive attack. According to the Odessa Regional Military Administration , a hit on an infrastructure facility was recorded in the city. There are no reports of injuries or damage to residential buildings yet.
In the Khmelnytskyi region , according to OVA Chairman Serhiy Tyurin , a railway station in the Shepetivka district was damaged as a result of shelling. Power outages were also reported in the region.
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