Russian drone attack injures 12 in two Ukrainian cities, officials say | World News

Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the southern city of Mykolaiv overnight, injuring at least 12 people, authorities said on Thursday.
Two women were injured in the capital, where drones also sparked a fire at a storage facility and damaged residential buildings, the Kyiv city military adminration said.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 85 out of 145 drones launched Russia during its overnight attack. Another 49 did not reach their targets likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures, it said.
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It did not specify what happened to the remaining 11 drones.
Authorities recorded 30 drones in the airspace over the capital, 16 of which were destroyed and the rest either left the airspace or were “lost”.The overnight attack also injured 10 people in the southern city of Mykolaiv, its regional governor Vitalii Kim said.
The Russian assault also damaged nine apartment buildings, 30 garages and an adminrative building, he added.
Russia denies targeting civilians but thousands have been killed and injured in its invasion of Ukraine.