Russia rains drones on Ukraine, killing eight, hitting UNESCO siteRussia pours 400 drones at western Ukraine in rare daytime attackLVIV (UKRAINE) - Russia fired almost 1,000 drones at Ukraine over the last 24-hours, unleashing one of its largest-ever daytime attacks, killing at least eight people and hitting the UNESCO-protected city centre of Lviv, officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for Ukraine's air force told AFP it was one of the biggest-ever daytime attacks on Ukraine. I don't recall there being such daytime strikes with this number of drones," said the spokesman, Yuriy Ignat. Russia fired 550 drones during the day on Tuesday, following 392 overnight, Ukraine's air force said in a statement. In Russia, authorities in the western Kursk region said a Ukrainian strike on a farm had killed one person and wounded 13.

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