KYIV: Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack targeting regions across Ukraine on early Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said attacks took place across nine regions, including Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy and Kharkiv. He said a missile equipped with cluster munitions struck a multi-story building in the city of Dnipro.Russia launched 619 drones and missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force said in a statement. In total, 579 drones, eight ballistic missiles and 32 cruise missiles were detected. Ukraine shot down and neutralised 552 drones, two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles.Ukraine claimed drone strikes that damaged energy infrastructure deep within Russian territory on Saturday, the latest of a series of attacks aimed at denting export revenues and stemming the flow of oil. Kyiv’s forces targeted several pumping stations along the trunk oil pipeline carrying crude oil toward the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, according to a source. (Inputs from AP, Bloomberg)
