Ukraine says Russia launches in a single day drone assault on Kyiv
A view of Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Russia launched an air assault on Kyiv early on Sunday, with blasts ringing out throughout the Ukrainian capital and its area for nearly two hours and drone particles falling on a number of of the town’s central districts, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
Ukraine’s Land Forces mentioned that the nation’s air protection techniques destroyed 25 out of 32 Russia-launched Iran-made Shahed drones, most of which focused Kyiv and the Kyiv area.
Reuters witnesses heard at the least 5 blasts throughout Kyiv, and Ukrainian media footage confirmed plenty of automobiles broken.
“Drones got here onto the capital in teams and from totally different instructions,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s metropolis navy administration, mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned that one individual was injured within the historic Podil neighborhood and a hearth broke out close to one of many metropolis’s parks.
Particles from downed drones fell on the Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Podil districts, Klitschko and the town’s navy administration mentioned.
Within the Shevchenkivskyi district, drone particles sparked a hearth in an residence, which was rapidly extinguished. There have been no quick experiences of accidents, Popko mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
There was no quick remark from Russia concerning the assaults. Moscow has been conducting near-nightly assaults on Ukraine’s territory. A Russian assault killed 17 on Wednesday within the jap metropolis of Kostiantynivka, in response to Ukrainian officers.
