NATO member Poland said a search was underway after an “object” entered its airspace and possibly landed on Polish territory.
“Most likely it was a drone and we assume so, because the trajectory of the flight and the speed indicate that it was definitely not a missile,” Jacek Goryszewski, spokesperson for the Polish army’s operational command, told Reuters.
People walk in front of their damaged houses after Russian rocket attack in Usatove village near Odesa.Credit: AP
Two Russian drones crossed the border into Belarus, Ukraine’s air force commander said.
Top Kyiv officials again urged their allies and arms suppliers to allow long-range strikes into Russia.
Zelensky also redoubled his call for allies to join the country in shooting down missiles and drones over Ukrainian airspace.
Ukraine had no powerful long-range weapons at the start of the invasion, but has since developed many models of long-range attack drone and used them to hit targets deep inside Russia, ranging from oil refineries to military airfields.
Over the weekend, Zelensky said Ukraine had developed a new “drone missile” that had been used to attack Russia and was more powerful and faster than other hardware in Kyiv’s arsenal.
Damaged facilities
At least 47 people were injured, including four children, emergency services said.
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The regions that reported strikes on power or critical infrastructure included Volyn and Rivne in the northwest, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk in the west, Zhytomyr in the north, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Vinnytsia in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia in the southeast and Odesa in the south.
Zelensky said some civilian facilities were attacked with cluster munitions.
Neighbouring Moldova, whose grid is linked to that of Ukraine, reported small disruptions to its power network.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry official said a hydropower plant in the Kyiv region had been targeted. A video posted on social media and verified by Reuters showed a damaged dam and a fire after an apparent strike at a plant. A separate clip, also verified, showed a missile hitting a water reservoir.
In the northeastern Sumy region, from where Ukraine launched its incursion into Russia on August 6, authorities said a railway infrastructure facility had been struck, but did not say which one or give further details.
A 69-year-old man in the Dnipropetrovsk region and a farmer in the Zaporizhzhia region were among at least seven people confirmed dead, local officials said. The others were in the regions of Kharkiv, Zhytomyr and Volyn.
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