At least six wounded in large-scale Russian air attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities say

KYIV - Russia used hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles to attack western, southern and central Ukraine overnight, injuring at least six people, local authorities said on Sunday.

Ukraine lost its third F-16 fighter jet since the start of the war while repelling the attack, the military said.

The sounds of explosions were heard in Lviv, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions, regional governors said.

The military said Russia had launched 477 drones and 60 missiles of various types to Ukraine overnight while Ukrainian forces destroyed 211 drones and 38 missiles. It said 225 drones were lost - in reference to the Ukrainian military using electronic warfare to redirect them - or they were drone simulators that did not carry warheads.

It said air strikes were recorded in six locations.

Reuters