Russia Intensifies Drone Strikes on Kyiv and Sumy, Sparking Fires and Injuries

In Ukraine, a Russian drone attack hit the town of Sumy on Sunday night. A residential area was hit. Firefighters brought the blaze under control after the attack, which damaged three residential buildings and 21 cars. The state emergencies service said 65 residents were evacuated and no casualties were reported. The Ukrainian armed forces reported that Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 83 drones, 61 of which were shot down. The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had shot down 61 out of 83 drones with 22 more likely downed by electronic warfare. No injuries were reported in the attack that sparked a fire at a non-residential building in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.

Overnight Russian drone attacks sparked a fire in Kyiv and injured a woman and damaged several houses in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had shot down 61 out of 83 drones with 22 more likely downed by electronic warfare. No injuries were reported in the attack that sparked a fire at a non-residential building in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. But a 38-year-old woman was hospitalised after Russia launched drones at Sumy, which is the administrative centre of the broader Sumy region, Ihor Kalchenko, governor of the region said on Telegram.

NATO has scrambled F-16 and F-35 warplanes to its Eastern frontier after Russia unleashed a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine. Vladimir Putin's forces hit energy infrastructure across Ukraine causing power cuts across the country. Russia's attack reportedly made use of an array of weaponry to carry out its strikes on Ukraine. 'Due to the attack of the Russian Federation, which is striking objects located on the territory of Ukraine, Polish and allied aviation has started operating in our airspace,' reported Warsaw's Armed Forces Operational Command. The operational commander 'deployed all available forces and means.