Seven killed in Ukraine after major Russia drone attack, as RAF deploys Typhoon jets over Romania

Russia has launched a major drone attack overnight on Ukraine, killing seven people and injuring more ‌than 30 others, as RAF Typhoon fighter jets were deployed over Romania. Russia fired 619 ​drones and 47 missiles, Ukraine's air force said ⁠in a statement on Telegram, adding that it shot down 580 drones and 30 missiles. Five people died in attacks on the city of Dnipro, according to Ukraine's state emergency service while another two were killed in the Chernihiv region. Meanwhile, two British fighter jets were also scrambled from a base in Romania overnight after radar systems tracked drones near their airspace, according to the Romanian defence ministry. "Two British Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft conducting Enhanced Air Policing mission scrambled at 02:00 from the 86th Air Base in Fetesti [Borcea Air Base]... The pilots were authorized to engage the drones," it said in a statement. The Typhoons established radar contact with targets on the country's eastern border and Ukraine, 1.5km from the Ukrainian city of Reni, the Romanians added. At around 2.30am, an object was reported as falling in the Bariera Traian area of Romania, near the city of Galati, and drone fragments were later recovered.