Dozens injured in Russian drone attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya

At least 29 people were injured in a Russian drone attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, with the region’s military governor, Ivan Fedorov, accusing Russian forces of targeting civilian sites.

"Residential buildings, the university, and an infrastructure facility were damaged," Fedorov wrote on Telegram on Friday morning.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported further damage from overnight drone attacks in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. It said Russia deployed around 150 drones, most of which were intercepted by Ukrainian defences.

Ukraine launched a large-scale drone assault on the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Russian media and local residents reported anti-aircraft fire and explosions near air bases, particularly around the port city of Sevastopol, where air raid sirens sounded repeatedly throughout the night. No details on damage were immediately available.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Friday morning that it had intercepted 121 Ukrainian drones, including 89 over Crimea. While these figures could not be independently verified, they suggest the significant scale and intensity of the attacks on both sides.