Russian attack combined with hundreds of drones and rockets in Ukraine. At least dead, Zelenski announces
A Russian soldier launches, from an undisclosed location, a “Molniya-2” FPV drone to fly to Ukrainian positions. Photo taken from a video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry, February 4, 2025. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service / AP / Profimedia
Russia has launched a major attack with drones and missiles on Ukraine during the night, killing three people and hurting dozens, President Volodimir Zelenski said on Saturday, Reuters reported.
In a statement on the Telegram app, Zelenski said that Russia has launched about 580 drones and 40 missiles aimed at Ukraine's infrastructure, civil production companies and residential areas of different regions of the country.
At least one person died and another 13 were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which suffered a strong rocket and drone attack, sent the regional authorities on Saturday morning, according to AFP.
“The Dnipropetrovsk region was the target of a massive attack again,” said Serguiï Lyssak, the head of the regional military administration, on Telegram, referring to buildings of destroyed companies and fires.
“According to preliminary data, one person died from the acts of terrorism of the enemy (…) Thirteen other people were injured,” he said.
Authorities in several other Ukrainian regions announced important attacks on Friday night on Saturday.
Poland has announced that it has lifted fighter jets from the ground after an air alert was triggered during the night in almost all Ukraine.
In August, Ukraine first acknowledged that the Russian soldiers entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, where Moscow had, in turn, had advances since July.
The Russian army currently controls about 20% of the Ukrainian territory.
The Kremlin asks Ukraine to withdraw from certain territories that it continues to control partially, especially from the Donetk region, as a prerequisite for cessation of hostilities. Kiev rejects this idea.
The Dnipropetrovsk region is not part of the five Ukrainian regions that Moscow claims for annexation.
