Russia Ukraine War (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
INDEPENDENT: Four people have been killed after Vladimir Putin’s troops launched a huge drone strike at Ukraine overnight, according to Kyiv authorities.
A Iranian-made Russian Shahed drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, which injured nine others, the town’s authorities said.
Russia launched 81 drones at Ukraine overnight, damaging businesses and homes around the country, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday.
"This is a terrible tragedy, a terrible Russian crime. It is very important that the world does not stop putting pressure on Russia for this terror," Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky added.
The air force shot down 37 drones, 39 others did not reach their targets. It did not specify what happened to the five remaining drones.
Meanwhile, The Ukrainian military said Russia had seen a total of 834,670 troops killed or injured, and of these 1,670 casualties were reported in the past 24 hours.
On the battlefield, the Russian defence ministry claimed its troops had taken control of the village of Novoielyzavetivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. The Ukrainian military has not confirmed Russia’s claims yet.
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