1 killed, 13 injured in large-scale Russian missile, drone attack on Ukrainian cities
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Sept. 20, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others, officials reported.
Explosions were heard in the cities of Pavlohrad and Mykolaiv around 4:40 a.m. local time, local officials reported, during an initial wave of missile attacks. Additional explosions later rang out in Dnipro shortly after 6 a.m.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, regional Governor Serhii Lysak reported that one person was killed and 13 others injured in the attack on the region. Several high-rise buildings, homes, and garages were damaged in Dnipro in the attack. Fires were also reported in Pavlohrad and Nikopol.
In Kyiv Oblast, the regional military administration reported that strikes had been reported in the communities of Bucha, Boryspil, and Obukhiv. A home, 10 garage units, and five parked cars were damaged in the attack.
In Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych reported that damage had been caused in a residential area of the city, however, no casualties were reported.
No information was immediately available on additional damaged sustained elsewhere in Ukraine.
Air raid alerts were activated across all regions of the country around 5:45 a.m. local time, and ended around 7 a.m.
Ukraine's Air Force reported dozens of drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles were flying over Ukrainian territories amid the attack.
Lviv Oblast Governor Maxim Kozytsky reported that two cruise missile had been shot down over the region, without casualties or damage.
Amid the attack, Poland's Air Force scrambled NATO fighter jet to protect Poland's airspace.
The attack comes just over a week since Russian drones violated Polish airspace, forcing Poland's Air Force to down multiple drones over NATO territory for the first time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russia again violated NATO airspace on Sept. 19 over the Gulf of Finland in Estonian territory. Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal later announced that Tallinn was requesting consultations under NATO's Article 4, which allows member states to hold discussions with allies if their security is threatened.
