KYIV (Reuters) -Russian drone assaults on Ukraine injured no less than eight folks and broken residential buildings within the capital Kyiv and within the southern Odesa area in a single day, officers stated on Friday.

Ukraine’s air power stated in an announcement that, of 132 drones launched in opposition to the nation in a single day, it had downed 88 drones, whereas 41 had been “lost”, doubtless resulting from digital warfare, and one returned to the Russian territory.

Russia has stepped up its nightly drone assaults on Ukrainian cities because it continues to push alongside the jap frontline, making a few of its largest month-to-month territorial features since 2022.

It launched a record-high variety of 188 drones in opposition to the nation on Tuesday earlier than staging a large-scale assault on Ukraine’s energy grid on Thursday.

The drone assault on the southern area of Odesa broken 13 residential buildings and injured seven folks, the nationwide police stated in an announcement.

Fragments from downed Russian drones struck buildings in two Kyiv districts and injured one individual late on Thursday, officers stated.

Emergency companies, in a publish on the Telegram messaging app, confirmed photos of rubble strewn about inside and out of doors a pediatric clinic in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district on the east financial institution of the Dnipro River.

A safety guard on the facility was taken to hospital. Adjoining buildings additionally suffered harm.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated drone fragments had struck an infrastructure web site within the Sviatoshynskyi district on the west financial institution of the river.

Kyiv regional governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported minor harm to a non-public residence and one other constructing with none casualties.