Russian overnight attack hits Poltava Oblast, killing 2.

Russia launched four Kalibr cruise missiles and two Kh-59 guided aerial missiles at Ukraine overnight on Aug.

28, the Air Force wrote. Ukraine's air defenses shot down two Kalibr missiles and all the Kh-59 ones, according to the Air Force. The attack hit an industrial facility in Poltava Oblast, killing two people and destroying the production workshop, Governor Dmytro Lunin said[1] on Telegram.

First responders are working on the site and searching for people under the rubble, he added. Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak later clarified[2] that the attack happened in the village of Hoholeve, Myrhorod district. Five people are known to have been injured as of 8:50 a.m. local time, Yermak said, adding that the victims were the facility employees working the night shift.

According to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak[3], Russian missiles also struck Kryvyi Rih in the morning. Seven country houses and a farm building were destroyed or damaged, Lysak reported, but there were no casualties.

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