Daily flyer - May 13-14, 2023
A voice of Ukraine to the West
Air Force downs 25 Russian drones, and 3 missiles overnight
Air defense downed 18 Iranian-made Shahed drones, one Lancet drone, two Orlan-10, four unspecified drones, and three cruise missiles, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
Some cruise missiles, however, managed to pass through, hitting civilian infrastructure in Ternopil at 5 a.m. local time, Ternopil Oblast Governor Volodymyr Trush reported.
Late on May 13, in Ternopil, commercial enterprises and religious organizations' warehouses caught fire due to Russia's attack.
Two civilians were injured, according to the governor.
Official: At least 4 wounded in Zaporizhzhia Oblast by Russian rockets
At least three civilians and an ambulance driver were wounded by Russian Grad rockets in a village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on May 14, the President's Office said.
The Russian rockets hit the village of Prymorske, targeting a house and a high school. The village is some 30 kilometers from Zaporizhzhia, near the Dnipro River.
Earlier in the day, a 48-year-old woman was wounded by Russian artillery in the village of Novoiakovlivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Yurii Malashko said. The victim was evacuated to a medical facility, he added.
The official added that a shop in the village was burned down and houses were damaged.
Russian forces attack Kherson Oblast, injuring six people
The two villages where the Russian attacks were reported are no more than 30 kilometers apart in southeastern Ukraine. Russia has occupied more than half of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Russian forces fired 90 times at Kherson Oblast over the past day, launching 434 shells from heavy artillery, Grad multiple rocket launchers, tanks, grenade launchers, drones, and aviation, the oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported. Russia also shelled the city of Kherson two times. The attacks wounded six people, according to Prokudin.
Russian troops shelled residential areas of the oblast’s settlements, an educational institution, and a critical infrastructure facility in the Beryslav District.