Listen to this articleDear 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated using AI-based technology. Pronunciation errors may occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve results. A Russian missile and drone bombardment targeting Ukraine’s capital and the surrounding region injured at least 16 people overnight and into Thursday morning, local authorities said. The Military Administration of the city of kyiv said the attacks were recorded in more than 10 locations. Among the injured were a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, the administration said in a statement on Telegram. The Ukrainian Air Force said it destroyed or suppressed 131 Russian air targets during the night attack. The main areas attacked were the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odessa regions, he said. Attacks were recorded in 36 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell in five locations. The attack involved ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as 157 drones and decoys, he said. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the army attacked metallurgical and electronic plants, factories of the military-industrial complex and energy and transport facilities in the kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odessa regions. A school was damaged in kyiv by the impact of nearby Russian missile and drone attacks. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) The ministry also reported that three bulk carriers and a ferry carrying supplies for the Ukrainian army were hit in the port of Chornomorsk. In Odessa, seven people were injured, including two children, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Apartments on the 14th to 16th floors of a residential building were damaged. A private residential building in Odessa was also destroyed, while warehouses, a daycare center, cars and garages were damaged in other places, the service said in a statement on Telegram. In kyiv’s Dniprovsky district, a warehouse, an office building, residential buildings and cars were damaged, according to local authorities. A warehouse was damaged in the Solomyansky district, while a warehouse and cars were damaged in the Darnitsky district. 33 sites damaged in kyiv In the Podilsky district, the roof of a non-residential building was damaged, authorities said. In the kyiv region, civilian areas and infrastructure were attacked in Obukhiv, Brovary, Fastiv and Bucha districts, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the kyiv Regional Administration. A total of 33 sites were damaged, with the most serious damage recorded in the Brovary district, where 14 sites were affected, and in the Fastiv district, where 10 were damaged, Tkachenko said in a statement on Telegram. Damaged sites included private homes, warehouses, production facilities and vehicles. No casualties or injuries were reported, he said.
