Russia launches Shahed drone attacks on Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Sumy oblasts overnight
Russian forces attacked Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Sumy oblasts with Shahed drones on the night of 2-3 October. No casualties were reported.
Source: heads of Sumy, Poltava, and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts’ military administrations
Details: Air defence destroyed seven Russian Shahed drones in the skies over Sumy Oblast, Ukraine’s northeast.
Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine, was attacked by dozens of UAVs, with the air raid warning lasting nearly 12 hours.
Drone wreckage damaged six commercial buildings in the Lubny district. In the Kremenchuk district, wreckage damaged the roof of a farm building, as well as windows in a residential house and a kindergarten.
The night was tense in Prykarpattia region, Ukraine’s west, as well. No casualties were reported in any of the oblasts.
Background:
- Russian troops launched a large-scale attack on Kyiv Oblast with loitering munitions on the night of 2-3 October, with air defence forces actively responding. The wreckage fell in five districts of the oblast.
- Air defence systems destroyed 78 of 105 kamikaze drones launched by Russia into Ukraine on the night of 3 October.
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