
Russian forces attacked Kyiv, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and the Kyiv-Mykolaiv train. Military aviation operated in Poland.
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Russian forces regularly attack Ukrainian targets using drones and missiles, which affects the security of neighboring countries.
The fatal attack occurred in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in southeastern Ukraine, Oleksandr Hanzha, the head of the military administration of this region, announced on Telegram on Wednesday.
On the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Russian forces also attacked Kyiv with drones. A fire broke out in one of the warehouses - said the mayor of the capital of Ukraine, Vitali Klitschko. He added that one person was injured and hospitalized.
The Ukrainian State Railways reported that the Kyiv-Mykolaiv train was also attacked, but passengers and employees managed to evacuate. Replacement transport is currently being organized.
On Wednesday after 8 The Operational Command of the Branches of the Armed Forces announced that the short-term operation of military aviation in Polish airspace related to the strikes of unmanned aircraft of the Russian Federation on targets in the western part of Ukraine has ended. The command also announced that ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems have returned to standard operational activities.
As emphasized in the Command's announcement on the X portal, no violation of the airspace of the Republic of Poland was recorded.
Ukrainian applications for monitoring the situation in the airspace, based on reports from users of the Telegram messenger and similar sources, reported on Wednesday morning the presence of Russian jet drones over the Volyn region, bordering with Poland.

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