Russia Strikes Across Ukraine as Kyiv Launches Nearly 1,200 Drones
Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine on Thursday, including an attack that damaged a hospital, as fighting continued nearly five years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion. The overnight period also saw Ukraine carry out one of its largest aerial operations of the war: Kyiv launched almost 1,200 drones at Russian targets. That figure, highlighted in reporting from France 24, underlines how both sides are using long-range unmanned systems to hit infrastructure and military sites far from the front. For international readers, the pairing of a wide Russian strike wave with a mass Ukrainian drone barrage illustrates a conflict that remains intense on both sides of the border, with civilian facilities such as hospitals still at risk even as Kyiv demonstrates the scale of its drone campaign against Russian targets.
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