By Euronews
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Russia launched a record 728 drones against multiple Ukrainian cities overnight , Ukrainian air forces said on Wednesday.
Defence systems destroyed 718 of the drones and seven cruise missiles, the air force posted on Telegram, in what appears to be one of Moscow’s largest assaults on Ukraine in the three-year war.
Dozens of Russian attack drones and ballistic missiles targeted regions in Ukraine’s far-west, with overhead drones reported in the cities of Lutsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, and Ternopil.
The western city of Lutsk was hit hard in the attack, according to local media, with explosions heard in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The mayor of Volyn Oblast, Ivan Rudnytskyi, said “nearly everything” was aimed at Lutsk, which had 50 drones and five missiles present in the airspace overnight.
In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced Russian drones were attacking the city centre and air defences were shooting down targets.
At least one person was injured in the city of Brovary in the wider Kyiv area, according to the regional military administration.
This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.
