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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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"Russian military personnel know exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can stay in the air," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attacks. "The routes are always calculated. This cannot be an accident, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders."

It is the third time Russian forces have used pipelines as a tactic, which they first adopted during the Battle of Avdiivka. Back in March, around 100 troops passed through a gas pipeline to reach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

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