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Russian attacks kill 3, injure 11 in Donetsk, Kherson oblasts over past day

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Russian attacks kill 3, injure 11 in Donetsk, Kherson oblasts over past day
The aftermath of Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast on Dec. 3, 2023. (Kherson Oblast Military Administration/Telegram)

Russia carried out attacks against 11 of Ukraine's oblasts over the past day, killing at least three people and injuring at least 11, regional officials reported early on Dec. 4.

In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed and another injured in Russian attacks against Kostiantynivka, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration said.

One more person was reported as wounded in Toretsk and another in Avdiivka.

Russian forces launched 117 attacks on Kherson Oblast, killing two people and injuring eight, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts also came under attack, but local officials reported no casualties.

Ukrainian defenses reportedly shot down 18 of the 23 Shahed attack drones, as well as one guided Kh-59 cruise missile launched by Russia overnight.

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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