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Russian drones set hotel ablaze in Ukrainian Black Sea city

Updated on: 29 April,2024 07:35 AM IST  |  Kyiv
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The RIA report cited Sergei Lebedev, described as a coordinator of local pro-Moscow guerrillas. His claim could not be independently verified

Russian drones set hotel ablaze in Ukrainian Black Sea city

Damage caused by Russian shelling in Ukraine. Pic/X

Russian drones early Sunday struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure, the local Ukrainian governor reported, while ammunition shortages continued to hobble Kyiv’s troops in the more than two-year-old war.


Vitaliy Kim, the governor of Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv province, said that Russian drones "seriously damaged" a hotel in its namesake capital, sparking a fire that was later extinguished. Kim also reported that the strike damaged heat-generating infrastructure in the city, but gave no details. He added that there were no casualties.


Russian state agency RIA carried claims that the strike on Mykolaiv targeted a shipyard where naval drones are assembled, as well as a hotel housing “English-speaking mercenaries” who have fought for Kyiv. The RIA report cited Sergei Lebedev, described as a coordinator of local pro-Moscow guerrillas. His claim could not be independently verified.


Also on Sunday morning, the Russian Defence Ministry said that 17 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight over four regions in the country’s southwest. Three drones were intercepted near an oil depot in Lyudinovo, an industrial town some 230 km (143 miles) north of the Ukrainian border, Gov Vladislav Shapsha said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. 

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