Russian attacks killed three people in Ukraine this Wednesday Ukrainian emergency service via AFP Russia bombed the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and other nearby cities this Wednesday (9) and killed three people overnight. It is the second consecutive attack this week. Residents reported several explosions shortly after midnight. The air raid warning was issued after the explosions due to a system failure. Warnings are usually made before bombings to give people time to seek shelter. ? Follow g1's international news channel on WhatsApp In the city of Kharkiv, two residents died and another 20 people were injured after a series of attacks overnight, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 169 long-range drones and seven missiles, five of them ballistic. Air defenses intercepted or blocked 139 drones, and two anti-radar missiles failed to reach their targets. The five ballistic missiles and another 20 drones hit 15 locations, highlighting the pressure on the country's defense system. Read more After another exchange of attacks, Trump says that the peace agreement with Iran is 'over' F-35: why the US fighter became a source of dispute between Turkey, Israel and the USA USA calls Itamaraty's assessment of the risk of military action in Brazil 'absurd' The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that it attacked weapons industry facilities in Kiev, including a factory that produced components for missiles and a unit for assembling medium and long-range drones. According to the Russian government, air defense systems also shot down 415 Ukrainian drones between Tuesday night (8) and Wednesday morning. Saratov region governor Roman Busargin said an attack killed one person, injured several others and damaged industrial facilities. Nizhnekamsk Mayor Radmir Belyayev said Ukrainian drones struck industrial areas in the city and left several injured. He did not say which facilities were hit. The governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said that Ukrainian drones damaged two tankers in the Taganrog Bay. Two crew members were injured, and the crew of one of the vessels had to be removed. According to Slyusar, there was no oil spill because the ships were heading empty to the port of Rostov-on-Don. In Kiev, a woman died and two other people were injured in the Russian attacks, according to the head of the city's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko. Ukraine's Emergency Service reported that the shelling damaged administrative buildings, warehouses, a garage complex and several trams in the capital. In the Zaporizhzhia region, a guided bomb launched by Russia injured an elderly man and a woman, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov.