Overnight on September 6, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian cities with 91 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various decoy drones.
Ukraine’s Air Force said the attack was repelled by aviation, air defense missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the country’s Defense Forces.
Preliminary data indicate air defenses shot down or suppressed 68 enemy UAVs in the north and east.
Authorities reported 18 attack UAV impacts across eight locations. Debris from downed drones was recorded at four locations.
The Russians struck the Synelnykove district, said regional military administration chief Serhii Lysak.
Russian forces hit the Petropavlivka, Slavianska and Mezhova communities. A 40-year-old man was injured and will be treated on an outpatient basis. A fire broke out; three private homes and an ambulance vehicle were damaged.
Air defenses destroyed seven drones over the region, Lysak said.
Russian forces shelled Chernihiv region 60 times over the past day, said regional head Viacheslav Chaus. In total, 106 explosions were recorded across 22 settlements.
Thirty-one FPV-drone strikes were logged. The region was hit by “Lancet,” “Molniya” and “Geran” drones. In three villages of the Semenivka community, drones struck residential homes.
On the evening of September 5, Russian forces attacked the Sumy community with two attack UAVs, said regional chief Oleh Hryhorov.
Air defenses downed one drone in the air, the other struck in the Kovpakivskyi district, not in a residential area.
No casualties were reported, the official said.
As of publication time, local authorities and emergency services in Odesa region had not reported details on the aftermath of the UAV attack. Meanwhile, the Southern Defense Forces said that over the past 24 hours the occupiers carried out 710 strikes with kamikaze drones of various modifications and conducted more than 170 drops from UAVs, using 188 munitions.
Ukraine’s General Staff said that over the past day the enemy launched two missile and 73 air strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, employing six missiles and 135 guided aerial bombs. It also carried out 4,932 attacks, including 32 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 5,781 kamikaze drones.
Earlier, in Kherson region, the head of the regional farmers’ association, Oleksandr Hordiienko, was killed when a Russian drone struck as he worked in a field.
