Air raid alerts sounded across Kyiv and several regions overnight as officials reported injuries, property damage, and intensified Russian attacks across the frontline.
Russia carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine on May 5, deploying drones, ballistic missiles, and guided aerial bombs against multiple regions, damaging homes and injuring civilians, Ukrainian officials said.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, waves of drones were detected between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. across at least ten regions, including Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Odesa, and Kharkiv.