A first responder stands in a crater left by a Russian aerial bomb, which hit Sumy Oblast's town of Bilopillia overnight on March 28, 2023. (Ukraine's Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak via Telegram)
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Russia launched attacks against nine Ukrainian oblasts over the past 24 hours, killing eight civilians and wounding 66, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center reported on March 28.
Russian attacks were reported in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts in the east, south, and north of Ukraine.
The first responders are working on the site of the Russian overnight drone attack on Kyiv on March 28, 2023. (Ukraine's State Emergency Service via Telegram)
The first responders are working on the site of the Russian overnight drone attack on Kyiv on March 28, 2023. (Ukraine's State Emergency Service via Telegram)
The first responders are working on the site of the Russian overnight drone attack on Kyiv on March 28, 2023. (Ukraine's State Emergency Service via Telegram)
According to the report, Russia struck a total of 124 settlements using mortars, tanks, artillery, S-300 missiles, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), Kh-31 cruise missiles, drones, and tactical aviation.
Seventy-six infrastructure facilities have been hit.
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