Russian assaults in opposition to Ukraine kill 2, injure 21 over previous day

Russian assaults throughout Ukraine killed a minimum of two civilians and injured a minimum of 21 over the previous day, regional authorities reported on Feb. 3.

Russia launched 71 Shahed-type assault drones and decoy drones in a single day, the Air Drive mentioned. Ukrainian air defenses reportedly shot down 38 drones, whereas 25 others had been misplaced within the airspace with out inflicting injury.

In Kherson Oblast, Russian assaults killed one individual and wounded 13 others, together with two youngsters, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin mentioned.

Russian forces additionally killed one resident of Donetsk Oblast in Myrnohrad. One other 5 folks had been wounded within the oblast, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.

In Kharkiv Oblast, a 39-year-old girl and a 53-year-old man had been injured in a drone assault and suffered first and second-degree burns, Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned.

A 70-year-old man was wounded in an assault on the Synelnykove district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and is in reasonable situation, Governor Serhii Lysak mentioned.

Key Russian, North Korean officers killed in Ukraine’s strike on Kursk Oblast command post, Zelensky says“It was our military target, a fair one. There was a missile attack from our side and various types of weapons; a complex attack was launched against them,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Associated Press on Feb. 2.The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy