Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,074
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine, killing 15 people and damaging dozens of residential buildings as well as energy infrastructure across the country, Ukrainian officials said. At least 16 others, including four children, were wounded.
Two civilians were killed after Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under multiple Ukrainian drone attacks, Regional Governor Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The Ukrainian air force said Russian forces launched 123 drones and more than 40 missiles. Its air defence units shot down 56 of the drones and redirected 61, it said. The air force provided no figures on how many missiles were intercepted.
Russian forces shot down 44 Ukrainian drones and a US-made HIMARS rocket launch system in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces launched attacks aimed at Ukraine’s gas and other energy infrastructure and shot down 108 Ukrainian drones in the last 24 hours, Russian news agencies reported.
Ukraine and Russia traded blame for a deadly missile attack that killed at least four people in the dormitory of a boarding school situated in a part of Russia’s Kursk region held by Ukrainian forces. About 84 people were rescued or received medical assistance following the attack. Four of the injured were in serious condition.
An explosion at a Ukrainian army recruitment centre in the western city of Rivne killed one person and wounded six, police said. The centre handles and maintains military records and is responsible for drafting men into the army as the country battles Russia.
Here are the key developments on the 1,074th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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