‘They were told that their parents don’t need them, that their country doesn’t need them,’ Ukraine’s first lady says
struck the Kremenchuk oil refinery in the central Poltava region of Ukraine in an overnight drone attack, causing a fire, Governor Dmytro Lunin said on Wednesday.
“Last night, Russians repeatedly attacked Poltava region. Our air defence system did a good job against enemy UAVs ,” he said.Ukraine's air defence systems shot down 17 out of 24 drones that Russia launched on Ukraine overnight, the military said. “There were no casualties,” the mayor, Alexei Kopaigorodskyi, said on the Telegram messaging platform. “The airport and the entire transport system are operating as normal.”
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