Russia targets Ukraine with missiles, drones
Ukraine said Wednesday that Russian forces attacked the country overnight with three guided missiles and four Shehed drones. The Ukrainian air force reported destroying all four drones, with the intercepts taking place over the Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Cherkasy regions. Andriy Raykovych, the regional governor in Kirovohrad, said there was a small fire as a result of the attack, but reported no injuries. The air force said the missiles targeted the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine. There were no immediate reports of damage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will lower the military mobilization age from 27 to 25 years. The bill increases the number of civilians the Ukrainian army can mobilize in combat, something the military has been asking the government to do for months. The bill comes as the country grapples with military losses more than two years after being invaded by Russia. Zelenskyy signed the bill nearly a year after it was adopted by the Ukrainian parliament. Some information for this article came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters. The Voice of America provides news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of over 326 million people. Stories with the VOA News byline are the work of multiple VOA journalists and may contain information from wire service reports. Subscribe
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