Russian air defences shot down 68 Ukrainian drones, says defence ministry
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The ministry said 66 of the drones were shot down over Krasnodar and the other two over the Crimean peninsula.
Russia intercepted 68 Ukrainian drones overnight from Friday to Saturday in its southern Krasnodar region and over annexed Crimea, the defence ministry announced on Saturday (Apr 27).
The defense ministry reported that 66 drones were shot down over Krasnodar, while the remaining two were intercepted over the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014.
"They tried to attack oil refineries and infrastructure. According to the information there, there are no injuries or serious damage," Krasnodar regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on Telegram.
Meanwhile, Russia launched a massive attack on energy infrastructure in Ukraine overnight on Saturday. Moscow fired around 34 missiles, of which 21 were shot down, Ukraine's armed forces said.
"Russian armed forces staged another massive missile attack on Ukraine," the army said in its regular morning update.
An 82-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were wounded, Oleksandr Vilkul, president of the defence council of the central city of Kryvyi Rih, said on Telegram.
"The enemy used various types of missiles, including ballistic missiles, and Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were hit," the army said.
"Some of the missiles were destroyed by Ukrainian air defence. Several people were wounded, no deaths reported so far."
Earlier in the day, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a $6 billion military aid package for Ukraine. Austin said that this is the largest aid package to date, which will allow the US to buy weapons for the Ukrainian military, including Patriot missiles.
(With inputs from agencies)