Russia launched extensive airstrikes against Ukraine overnight targeting it Kyiv and its western periphery Lviv and injuring at least 17 people, including a rescue worker in the city Krivi Rich in the eastern part of the country, officials said.

Ten drones were destroyed near Kiev, the city’s military administration said via Telegram. There were no reports of damage or casualties, he added.

Air raid alarms sounded twice in the capital overnight and lasted a total of three hours. The region of Lviv near the border with Poland it was also targeted by an unmanned aerial vehicle attack, with no damage reported this morning.

OR Kyiv Air Force announced that the Ukrainian air defense destroyed 31 of the 49 drones launched by Russia at various regions of Ukraine overnight.

The same source added that the traces of 13 drones were “locally lost” and that two entered neighboring Belarus.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said via Telegram that the Russian strikes also targeted the town of Kryvyi Rih, which is about 400 km southeast of Kiev, injuring 17 people, including a rescuer. Eight of the injured are hospitalized.

The ministry said a municipal building in the city was partially destroyed and residential buildings and cars were damaged. A fire that broke out caused damage to emergency services equipment, he added.

Moscow shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones – Russian firefighters injured in Dzerzhinsk

According to the Ministry of Defense of Russiaovernight 110 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Moscow and other regions, while the State Enterprise was also targeted by Ukrainian forces Yes. M. Sverdlov in the city of Dzerzhinsk in the region Nizhny Novgorod.

In a statement on Telegram, the ministry said that air defense intercepted 43 drones over its territory Kurskwhere Ukrainian troops have been conducting a ground operation since August.

Another 27 drones were shot down over its perimeter Lipetsk18 above that of Oryol and one above the capital, as well as a total of 21 above Nizhny Novgorod, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, according to the statement.

The Russian SHOT channel on Telegram reported that drones attempted to strike the State Enterprise Ya. M. Sverdlov in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region, about 400 kilometers east of Moscow.

The plant, one of the biggest makers of explosives used by Russian forces in Moscow’s February 2022 war against Ukraine, has been sanctioned by the United States and the European Union.

Also, four firefighters were slightly injured by shrapnel during an attack by a Ukrainian drone on an industrial zone in the city of Dzerzhinsk, the governor of the region said today, without specifying the target attacked.

Four firefighters were slightly injured by shrapnel during a Ukrainian drone strike in the city’s industrial zone Dzerzhinsk in the Russian region Nizhny Novgorodthe district governor said today.

“They were given the necessary medical care, everyone returned to their homes,” Governor Gleb Nikitin said via Telegram.