Ekaterina Prisyazhnyuk, Katerina Chernovol23:36, 12/28/22

Odessa is in danger, the head of the Nikolaev OVA noted.

Activist Sergei Sternenko said that on Wednesday evening, December 28, Russian invaders launched Iranian kamikaze Shahed drones across Ukraine.

Enemy drones took off from the south/east, he said in his Telegram channel.

The head of the Nikolaev regional military administration, Vitaly Kim, confirmed the flight of drones in a messenger.

“We are waiting for mopeds,” the official said.

Journalist Andrei Tsaplienko reported that the first of four groups of drones flew in the direction of the Mykolaiv region, while others were heading towards the Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

According to him, the first four kamikaze drones were destroyed by the air defense of the south. Later, information appeared on the network about explosions in the Dnieper and in the Zaporozhye region.

Tsaplienko wrote that Shahed had been liquidated in Dnipro.

Chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk assured that “guarding the sky is better.

New drone attack – what is happening in Ukraine

At 22.45, Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov reported that the enemies had attacked the city, presumably with a Shahed.

“Under the gun is one of the infrastructure facilities,” the official added.

At 22.37 there was information about the flight of a drone over Kharkov.

At 22.23 the journalist warned that two drones were flying towards Uman. According to him, drones can fly in the direction of the Kyiv region.

At 22:19 Tsaplienko shared that one “Shahed” was shot down in the Kharkiv region.

At 10:15 p.m., the Vostok Air Command wrote on Facebook that five enemy drones, presumably Shaheds, had been destroyed in the sky over the Dnipropetrovsk region.

At 22.04 Kim confirmed that there were many downed drones. He also warned that Odessa was in danger.

“There are many hits everywhere. 7 minutes ago, 2 mopeds flew past Pervomaisk towards Uman. It was not visible on the radar. And Odessa is under threat,” the official shared.

At 23:20, information appeared about the downing of an enemy drone over Kharkov. At the same time, local publics report a fire in the city. There is no official confirmation yet.

Massive drone attacks – what you need to know

In the fall, the Russian Federation began to massively attack Ukraine with Iranian kamikaze drones. The target of the enemy was the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

For the last time, on December 19, the enemies  launched many Shahed Iranian kamikaze drones across Kiev . The enemy released 23 drones, our soldiers eliminated 18 of them. Some enemy drones hit the power infrastructure, and there was a serious power shortage in the power system.

Later, the situation in the energy sector was slightly improved. In Kiev, they even announced a return to power outages according to schedules .

(C)UNIAN 2022