Ukrainian General Staff: 12 Iranian drones destroyed over past day

The General Staff of Ukraine has said the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 14 Iran-made Shahed drones over the past day, with 12 of them destroyed.

Report informs that, according to the information, areas of more than 10 settlements were hit by the enemy. Among them are Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Kurakhove of the Donetsk oblast, Trykhaty of the Mykolaiv oblast and Mykolaiv.

"For this, the enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. The invaders continue to destroy Ukrainian cultural heritage in the temporarily occupied territories, loot museums, burn Ukrainian literature and textbooks printed in Ukrainian," the General Staff said in a statement.

It also noted that 16 areas where weapons and military equipment are concentrated were hit:

"In addition, air defence units shot down 5 cruise missiles and a Su-25 aircraft."