Russia Launches Massive Drone Attack on Ukraine

0:00On March 24, Russia launched a massive daytime drone attack on Western Ukraine Tuesday afternoon, sending over 400 drones toward cities. Like Laviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinny Auer, and Ternopil. In Laviv, a 16th-century UNESCO-listed Bernadine monastery took damage, along with a nearby residential building that caught fire. The city's mayor reported 13 injuries there, with the toll expected to rise. Over in Ivano-Frankivsk, the strikes killed two people and injured four others, including a six-year-old child. Buildings across the city suffered hits, including the local maternity hospital. This came right after a heavy overnight barrage that left at least five dead nationwide, including a 61-year-old woman killed by a drone strike. On an electric train in Karkiv, Western Ukraine has seen far fewer attacks than the east over the past four years of war. Many and Air Force officials called it one of the biggest combined assaults in a single day, with drones sweeping in from the north across a wide area, efforts to down them continue

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