&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Russia unleashes ‘massive attack’ on Ukraine: 40 missiles, 580 drones fired in overnight assault, reveals Zelensky")
Russia on Saturday (Sep 20) launched a "massive attack" on Ukraine, firing 40 missiles and around 580 drones in what was one of the largest attacks in recent weeks. At least three people have been killed and dozens were injured in the attack, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a statement. The massive attack comes despite US-led attempts to broker peace.
Massive attack on Ukraine
Taking to social media, Zelensky said that in the overnight attacks, "a missile with cluster munitions directly struck an apartment building" in the eastern city of Dnipro.
The Ukrainian presidency said that "all night, Ukraine was under a massive attack by Russia," adding, "The enemy launched 40 missiles –- cruise and ballistic –- and about 580 drones of various types."
A nationwide air alert has been issued, with officials reporting strikes in the region around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
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Death toll
According to Zelensky, as of now, they knew of dozens of people who have been injured and at least three who have been killed. Meanwhile, Sergiy Lysak, the head of the military administration in the Dnipropetrovsk region, in a statement said that the strikes killed one and wounded 26 others, of whom one person was in a serious condition.
In northern Ukraine's Chernigiv, a 62-year-old man was killed in a drone attack. On Telegram, Sergiy Tyurin, a local official in the Khmelnytskyi region, said that around 20 residential buildings were damaged and that one body was found "during the extinguishing of a fire in one of the houses."
Russia claims 'massive' Ukraine attacks
Meanwhile, Russian officials, as per AFP, claimed that their forces repelled a "massive" Ukrainian attack in the Volgograd and Rostov regions and that one person was wounded in the Saratov region. The Russian defence ministry, in a statement, said that overnight, its air defence alert systems "intercepted and destroyed" 149 Ukrainian drones.
Ukrainian drone attack on Russia kills 4: governor
A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's southwestern Samara region has killed four people, the local governor said on Saturday (September 20). "It is with deep sorrow that I report that four people were killed in an enemy drone attack last night," governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev posted on social media. He also said that one person was injured.
