Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Moscow is intensifying attacks on Kiev and that during the early hours of Friday, the Russian offensive launched 40 drones against critical infrastructure in ten regions, including Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kiev and Lviv.
“Russia fired forty drones”Shahid“against the quiet Ukrainian cities at night. Our security forces worked hard in ten regions of Ukraine, from the east and from the south to the west,” reads a message from Zelensky, published on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Russia fired about forty “Shahed” drones at quiet Ukrainian towns and cities over the course of the night.
Our mobile air, air defense and fire groups worked intensively in ten regions of Ukraine, from the east and south to the west.
I thank our warriors for every death! Further… pic.twitter.com/XK0Ismogqy
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 3, 2023
The head of state of Ukraine notes that some of the drones were shot down. However, the Ukrainian military forces, cited by the France-Presse news agency, stated that during the night they shot down 24 unmanned flying devices and one missile.
Volodymyr Zelensky affirms that so far there is no record of victims and considers that the attack in the last few hours could mean the aggravation of Russia’s actions “at a time when winter is approaching.”
Source: TSF
