Russian drone attack on Zhytomyr region damages homes and energy sites

Russia launched a mass drone attack on six communities in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, damaging residential buildings, energy infrastructure, and transport facilities, with one person reported injured. The attack targeted Kороsten, Vilshanka, Chudniv, Ruzhyn, Berdychiv, and Zhytomyr communities, according to regional governor Vitaliy Bunechko. Three private houses and two farm buildings were damaged, and fires were extinguished by emergency services despite the threat of repeated strikes. The overnight assault was part of a broader Russian attack involving ballistic and anti-ship missiles and 123 drones across Ukraine, with air defenses intercepting 89 drones. In Kyiv, a drone struck a nine-story building in Solomianskyi district, causing a fire from the third to sixth floors.