Russia and Ukraine launch swarm of drones at each other’s territory

KYIV: Ukraine and Russia launched a swarm of drones at each other’s territories on Sunday as both sides step up attacks, with the Russian assault reportedly killing one person in Odesa and the Ukrainian strike targeting a Russian military airfield.
Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday morning that it had destroyed 20 drones and a cruise missile that Russia launched overnight. Nine of the drones were downed over the southern Odesa region, with falling debris starting a fire in a residential house and killing one person.
The Russian defense ministry said in a social media statement that its air defense systems destroyed or intercepted a total of 35 Ukraine-launched drones over Lipetsk, Volgograd and Rostov regions. It did not say what was targeted or whether there was any damage.
Ukrainska Pravda media outlet reported late on Sunday, citing unnamed sources, that the Kyiv attack targeted the Russian Morozovsk airfield in the Rostov region in a reportedly joint operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Armed Forces.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports.
Vasily Golubev, the governor of the Rostov region that borders Ukraine in Russia’s southwest corner, said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that air defense forces repelled “a massive attack” by drones in the area of Morozovsk and Kamensk and that most of the air weapons were destroyed.