At least one person has died this Friday in an attack carried out by the Russian Army against the Ukrainian province of Rivne, in the west of the country, local authorities have reported. The attack is part of the military offensive launched in February 2022 following the invasion order signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The governor of Rivne, Oleksandr Koval, has explained in a message published on social media that the attack targeted the district of Sarni and has indicated that emergency teams are already operating in the area. “My condolences to the family of the deceased,” he said.
The Air Force of Ukraine has stated that, in the past hours, Russian forces have launched 227 drones against different points in the country and has specified that 196 of them have been shot down. However, it has confirmed impacts in fourteen locations, as well as the fall of debris from destroyed devices in another eight areas.
On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed to have attacked “energy facilities” in the province of Kiev and “naval vessels used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine” in the port of Odesa, in the south of Ukrainian territory.
In the same note disseminated on social media, the Russian department has emphasized that its air defense systems have destroyed 142 Ukrainian drones in the past hours in several regions of the country, including that of Moscow, as well as over waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014.