Russia Hits 3 Ukrainian Cities With Hundreds of Drones, Missile

Russia attacked cities across Ukraine overnight with hundreds of drones and a missile strike, hitting energy infrastructure and wounding at least 15 people, the authorities said on July 16.

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Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 400 drones and one ballistic missile, primarily targeting Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and Vinnytsia.

The large-scale long-range attacks targeted energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X.

Power was cut for 80,000 families in Kryvyi Rih and other locations in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK said on the Telegram app.

The air force said it had shot down most of the drones, but that 12 targets had been hit by 57 drones and the missile.