(Reuters) – At least one person was injured in Russian overnight air attacks that also started a fire in a critical infrastructure building in the southern city of Mykolaiv and damaged several houses in the Kyiv region, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
The Ukrainian military said Russia launched 143 drones at the country overnight of which it had shot down 95 while 46 did not reach their targets likely due to electronic countermeasures.
The fire in the Mykolaiv building was quickly extinguished, Vitaliy Kim, governor of the broader Mykolaiv region said on the Telegram messaging app. It was not clear what infrastructure was hit.
Five apartment buildings and several shop and office spaces were damaged as a result of falling drone debris, Kim added.
In the Kyiv region, several houses were damaged in a Russian air attack, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Telegram. There were no injuries, they added.
There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia started with its full-scale invasion in Ukraine nearly three years ago.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; additional reporting by Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv; Editing by Kate Mayberry, Kirsten Donovan)
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