At least four people injured in Russian strike on Cherkasy Oblast
Russian forces conducted a large-scale drone attack on Cherkasy Oblast on the night of 1-2 February, injuring at least four people.
Source: Ihor Taburets, Head of Cherkasy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote: "We are recording the fall of enemy drones at several locations, including in the city of Cherkasy. Fires have broken out as a result."
Details: Taburets reported that at least four people had been injured in the attack.
All the appropriate services are working at the scenes.
Further details of the strike are expected to be released later.
An air-raid warning was issued in different parts of Cherkasy Oblast shortly after the attack began. Ukraine's Air Force repeatedly warned of Russian drones heading towards the area. Local media outlets also reported explosions near the city of Cherkasy.
Background:
- Early information indicates that 12 miners were killed and 16 were injured in a Russian UAV attack on the city of Ternivka in the Pavlohrad district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 February.
- Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister on technology matters, reported that a bus carrying miners in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast had been attacked by Shahed loitering munitions controlled via the Internet.
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