Ukrainian service personnel use a searchlight as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 27 August 2024;
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KYIV (Reuters) - On Thursday 19 September 2024, Ukraine's air force said it had shot down all 42 drones and one of four missiles used by Russia during overnight attacks.
Air defences went into operation in nine Ukrainian regions, the air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app nearly 31 months after Russia's full-scale invasion.
Serhiy Lysak, the governor of the central Dnipropetrovsk region, said the air force had shot down one missile over his region, and that no one was hurt there.
Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said six people were wounded in a Russian attack on the eastern town of Kupiansk, 8 km from the front line.
Civilian infrastructure, a school, a kindergarten and ten apartment buildings were damaged in the city of Kharkiv, he said.
An educational institution was also damaged in the Cherkasy region, regional governor Ihor Taburets said.
