Russian military launched a missile and air strike on Ukraine overnight into 28 March with three Kh-22 cruise missiles and a Kh-31P anti-radar missile, an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile, and 28 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs.
Russia launched targets from the Black Sea, from the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, from Kursk Oblast, Russia, and Cape Chauda of Russian-occupied Crime.
Ukraine’s Air Defense reported it shot down 26 of 28 Shahed-136/131 drones over Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Russian forces hit the Kyiv district in Kharkiv Oblast, damaging civilian infrastructure facilities: a restaurant, a shop, and office space, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said
. There were no casualties.
On 27 March, Russia hit Kharkiv at about 4 pm, killing a 59-year-old man and injuring 19 others, including four children. Russia also shelled the village Borova in the oblast, killing a 12-year-old boy, according to the governor.
Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast at night injured two women and damaged private houses, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
, the Russian military shelled and attacked with drones Nikopol district, injuring a 65-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, Governor Serhii Lysak said. The local officials did not report downed drones.
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