Some drones targeted a city that is reported to house a Russian military air base.
Ukrainian forces launched more than 80 drones in an attack on Russian regions overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.In a statement on Friday, the Defense Ministry said the drones targeted Russia's Rostov region, which borders Ukraine to the southeast.Since January, Kyiv has deployed drones to attack oil refineries and hubs on Russian soil, including in Rostov, as part of a campaign to hamper the gasoline production that fuels President Vladimir Putin's war economy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to reclaim the Black Sea peninsula, and attacks on the region targeting air defense systems and Russia's Black Sea Fleet have increased in intensity throughout the war.Vasily Golubev, the governor of the Rostov region, said a 'mass' drone attack on the city of Morozovsk caused a fire and disrupted local power supply, causing blackouts.'Several settlements have fallen into the blackout zone,' Golubev said on Telegram.
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