Russia launched a major drone attack on southern, central and eastern Ukrainian regions overnight, damaging privately-owned and commercial buildings as well as infrastructure, Kyiv officials said on Wednesday.

Russia reportedly launched a strike of 48 Shahed drones on Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, December 6, according to claims from Kyiv. Knewz.com has learned that Russia has been systematically targeting the struggling energy grid of Ukraine as the war rolls into the winter months.

Ukraine said Thursday that Russia had launched a swarm of Iranian-designed attack drones overnight that damaged port infrastructure in the southern Odesa region and left one civilian dead.

Russian forces launched nearly 50 Shahed attack drones on Ukraine on the night of 5-6 December, with Ukrainian forces intercepting 41 of the drones. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook;