Russia launched 108 strike drones overnight; air defense neutralized 88. Hits were recorded at 11 locations across Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Rivne regions.
Overnight into October 2, Russia attacked Ukraine with 108 strike drones, including 47 jet-powered Shaheds, as well as Gerbera and Parodiya-type decoy drones. By 08:00 air defense forces had neutralized 88 of them. Volunteers Support Ukraine reminds readers that behind each such figure are shattered windows, damaged homes and people who spent the night in shelters.
The drones were launched from Bryansk region and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, from occupied Donetsk region and from Hvardiiske in Crimea. According to the Air Force, hits were recorded at 11 locations, and downed drones or debris fell at five more. Kyiv, Sumy region, Kharkiv region and Rivne region were affected. In Kyiv, a 25-story residential building in the Darnytskyi district was damaged.
In Kharkiv region, six people were injured over the past day, including a child. The enemy hit Kharkiv city (Kyivskyi and Osnovianskyi districts) and 13 settlements across the region, using a multiple-launch rocket system, two guided aerial bombs, two Molniya drones, 17 FPV drones and 109 other UAVs. A farm facility, warehouses, private houses, power lines, shops and vehicles were damaged or destroyed.
In Sumy a drone damaged three apartment buildings in the Zarichnyi district, with no casualties. In Rivne region a civilian enterprise was damaged and caught fire; residents of neighboring buildings were evacuated and nobody was hurt. It was the second attack on the region within days.
The shelling did not let up on October 1 either. In Dnipropetrovsk region, the administrative building of the DTEK coal company in Pavlohrad was set ablaze and three people were injured; the region as a whole came under more than 30 attacks from morning onward, with four people injured.
Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the war in whatever way its resources allow, and sincerely thanks everyone who stood guard over the sky tonight.
