Russia said it struck 139 areas in Ukraine on Thursday, while Ukraine claimed repelling Russian assaults over the past 24 hours.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces targeted transport infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, drone launch sites, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries. Russian air defense systems shot down 1,425 fixed-wing drones, the ministry said.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on social media on Thursday that 613 drones had headed toward the Moscow region overnight, with 231 shot down as they approached the capital.
Ukrainian authorities reported on Thursday that a Russian drone attack on a railway station in the city of Dnipro killed 14 people and injured 14 others.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement that an intercity train and a long-distance passenger train were at the platform when the attack occurred, and emergency services had rushed to the site.
The military administration of Ukraine's Chernihiv said on Thursday that Russian attacks on the city injured at least 15 people.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Thursday in its daily briefing that Ukrainian forces had struck two personnel concentration areas and one drone control point over the past day, and repelled Russian assaults in the direction of Pokrovsk.
Ukrainian forces also destroyed Russian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery systems, ground robotic systems and drones, it said.
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