Russian forces conducted a large-scale air assault across Ukraine during the night of Saturday-Sunday, utilizing ballistic missiles and 268 drones of various types.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 249 enemy UAVs, including Shaheds and newer models like the Gerbera and Italmas, were shot down or suppressed across the country.
Despite the high interception rate, a ballistic Iskander-M missile and 19 drones struck 15 locations.
In the Sumy region, a missile strike on civilian infrastructure in the Krolevelets community wounded six people.
Sumy regional governor Oleh Hryhorov reported that three of the victims were hospitalized, with two in serious condition. Additionally, a drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the Putyvl community reportedly injured a child.
The Zaporizhzhia district also faced a deadly aerial attack on Saturday night to Sunday morning, which killed one man and injured two others, including a child.
The State Emergency Service (SES) reported that five private homes were damaged, and rescuers were deployed to extinguish fires covering 120 square meters.
The assault continued in Kherson on the morning of May 3, where a Russian drone struck a civilian car in the Dniprovskyi district.
Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin confirmed that one man was killed on the spot, while a 63-year-old woman and three men, aged 48, 61, and 55, sustained concussions and blast injuries.
These strikes follow a day of relentless attacks on Kharkiv, where Russian drones targeted four gas stations and residential quarters, wounding six people. Saturday’s violence also extended to Kherson, where repeated drone strikes on public minibuses caused multiple casualties.
While air defense units intercepted 142 drones in a previous overnight barrage, the continued use of ballistic weaponry and saturation drone tactics underscores the intensifying threat to Ukrainian civilian and energy infrastructure.