Russia launches overnight drone, missile and bomb barrage across Ukraine
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Updated · Kyiv Post · May 5
Russia launches overnight drone, missile and bomb barrage across Ukraine
11 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · May 5
Air alerts spanned at least 10 regions; officials reported injuries in Dnipro, Brovary, Vyshhorod, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, with homes, an industrial site and critical infrastructure damaged.
Explosions were reported in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Cherkasy, while Kyiv's air defences were activated after nationwide ballistic missile warnings and waves of drones tracked overnight.
The barrage followed intensified frontline fighting, with Ukraine's military reporting 132 Russian assaults on Monday, alongside 54 airstrikes, 175 guided bombs, thousands of drones and heavy shelling.
Are Russia's cynical strikes a sign of desperation as its ground offensive stalls and its national symbols become targets?
With US attention diverted to Iran, can Ukraine trade its drone expertise for the air defenses it needs to survive?