One killed and eight injured in Russian attacks on three Ukrainian oblasts – photos

Russian forces attacked Sumy, Donetsk and Kherson oblasts on 3 February, killing one person and injuring eight.

Source: National Police of Ukraine; Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration; Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: Russian forces struck 32 settlements in Sumy Oblast. Police reported that a 40-year-old man had been killed and three people injured.

The attacks damaged 6 apartment buildings and 13 houses, 7 cars, outbuildings, a shop, a lyceum (a specialised secondary school) and student accommodation. Investigators and bomb disposal experts examined the scenes and documented the damage.

One person was injured in Donetsk Oblast. Filashkin noted that the total number of casualties is given without taking the city of Mariupol and the town of Volnovakha into account.

Russian forces used drones, aircraft and artillery to attack several settlements in Kherson Oblast, particularly the city of Kherson.

Prokudin reported that four people had been injured. The attacks damaged critical and social infrastructure and residential areas: three apartment blocks, 12 houses, a gas pipeline, a warehouse, agricultural machinery and a car.

Background: Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia had attacked Ukraine with 105 Shahed, Gerbera and Italmas loitering munitions as well as drones of other types since the evening of 3 February. Ukrainian air defences managed to down 88 drones, although some locations were hit. The attack is still ongoing.

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