Ukraine says its air defenses said shot down 11 out of 17 drones launched by Russia at four regions -- Mykolayiv, Odesa, Vinnytsya, and Dnipropetrovsk -- early on February 8, but regional authorities reported that the attack caused damage to infrastructure.
The head of the Vinnytsya region, Serhiy Borzov, said falling debris from a Russian drone caused a fire at an infrastructure facility. The fire was eventually contained, Borzov wrote on Telegram.
In the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, a high-rise building still under construction was partially damaged, but there were no casualties, regional governor Oleh Kiper reported on Telegram.
Meanwhile, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi has welcomed a reduction in shelling around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine and inspected wells to determine if there was sufficient water for cooling.
Grossi noted the lower level of combat operations around the plant in a video posted on the website of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"The physical integrity of the plant has been relatively stable," Grossi said in the video.
Grossi said an inspection of water supplies was important after the destruction last year of the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric facility, which had previously provided water for the power plant.
