Russia launches 28 drones, three missiles at Ukraine - Ukraine's air force

Local residents clean up their apartment in a residential building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov

(Reuters) -Russia launched 28 attack drones and three cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday, adding that its air defence systems destroyed 21 of the drones.

The air force said on its Telegram messaging channel that Russia targeted mainly the south and east of Ukraine, and did not say what happened to the three cruise missiles.