Russian forces carried out a large overnight aerial attack on Ukraine on August 21, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles across multiple regions. The Ukrainian Air Force reported 574 drones and 40 missiles deployed in the assault. Strikes caused civilian casualties and substantial damage to residential buildings and infrastructure in Lviv, Mukachevo, Zaporizhzhya and other areas. Local officials reported multiple injuries and dozens of damaged apartment buildings. A major American electronics manufacturing facility in western Ukraine sustained serious damage and casualties. Officials described the strikes as targeting civilian and energy infrastructure and condemned the attacks.
Russian forces launched a massive aerial attack overnight on Ukraine on August 21, deploying a combination of drones and missiles against multiple regions of the country, according to the Ukrainian authorities. The authorities reported civilian casualties and significant damage to residential areas and infrastructure. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 574 drones and 40 missiles in an overnight attack. In Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, a Russian missile and drone strike killed one person and injured two others, according to Maksym Kozytskyy, the region's governor.
In Mukachevo, in the Zakarpattia region near Ukraine's western border, 12 people were injured in a separate missile strike, according to a statement from the city council on Facebook. In the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, Russian missiles hit residential areas, injuring an 85-year-old woman and damaging several apartment buildings, according to local authorities. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha condemned the strikes in an X post, saying, "Contrary to all efforts to end the war, Russia undertook a massive combined air strike on Ukraine overnight. Hundreds of drones, hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles on civilian and energy infrastructure."
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