Russia unleashed dozens of attack drones across Ukraine before dawn on Tuesday, targeting the cities of Kyiv and Lviv, far from the front lines where Ukraine’s counteroffensive made small gains and Russian forces tried to seize more territory in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow’s military also fired on rescue workers in the flood-stricken city of Kherson on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said, killing one person and injuring eight others while they were responding to the catastrophic effects of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam this month.
The Interior Ministry of Ukraine said in a statement that unarmed State Emergency Service workers in Kherson had come under “heavy shelling.” Calling the workers heroes, it said that “killing rescuers” during one of the country’s largest man-made disasters was “a manifestation of fear.”The drone attack on Kyiv, the capital, was the first in more than two weeks.
Russian forces repeatedly targeted the city throughout May, but recently there had been a relative lull — with the notable exception of missile barrage fired at Kyiv last week while a delegation of African leaders visited to discuss a path to peace talks.
Persons:
”
Organizations:
Interior Ministry, Emergency Service, ”, Kyiv
Locations:
Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Lviv, Kherson