Russia Launches Major Drone Attack on Ukraine, Infrastructure Hit

Ukrainian servicemen of the 65th mechanized brigade clean the gun barrel of a Soviet-made 2s1 Gvozdyka 120mm howitzer in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, 15 November 2023, amid the Russian invasion. (EPA)
Ukrainian servicemen of the 65th mechanized brigade clean the gun barrel of a Soviet-made 2s1 Gvozdyka 120mm howitzer in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, 15 November 2023, amid the Russian invasion. (EPA)
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Russia Launches Major Drone Attack on Ukraine, Infrastructure Hit

Ukrainian servicemen of the 65th mechanized brigade clean the gun barrel of a Soviet-made 2s1 Gvozdyka 120mm howitzer in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, 15 November 2023, amid the Russian invasion. (EPA)
Ukrainian servicemen of the 65th mechanized brigade clean the gun barrel of a Soviet-made 2s1 Gvozdyka 120mm howitzer in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, 15 November 2023, amid the Russian invasion. (EPA)

Russia launched a major drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting infrastructure facilities in the south and north of the country, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday.

Ukraine air defenses shot down 29 out of 38 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched from Russian territory, the air force said.

The air force said in a statement the attack on many Ukrainian regions lasted from 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Friday to 4 a.m. on Saturday.

The South military command said an energy infrastructure facility was hit in the southern Odesa region.

An administrative building was also damaged and one civilian was wounded in the strike, it said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

In Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region on the border with Russia and Belarus, two infrastructure buildings were damaged during the overnight strike, the military said.

The drones also targeted Kyiv in the second attack so far this month, officials said, adding that all drones heading to the capital were shot down on the approach.



Germany Arrests US Citizen over Accusations of Spying for China

The sun sets behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The sun sets behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Germany Arrests US Citizen over Accusations of Spying for China

The sun sets behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The sun sets behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany’s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen on Thursday who allegedly spied for China, The Associated Press reported.
The office said that the suspect, who was only identified as Martin D., was arrested in Frankfurt and that his home was being searched.
The accused, who until recently worked for the US Armed Forces in Germany, is strongly suspected of having agreed to act as an intelligence agent for a foreign secret service, the statement said.
Earlier this year, he contacted Chinese government agencies and offered to transmit sensitive information from the US military to a Chinese intelligence service, according to an investigation by Germany’s domestic intelligence service.
He had obtained the information in question in the course of his work in the US army, the prosecutor’s statement said, without giving any further information.
German investigators have exposed several people suspected of spying for China this year.
Last month, German authorities arrested a Chinese national accused of passing information on a major air freight hub to a man who is suspected of spying for China.
And in April, a man who worked for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China.