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 town’s central districts, Ukrainian officers stated.
Ukraine’s Land Forces stated that the nation’s air protection programs destroyed 25 out of 32 Russia-launched Iran-made Shahed drones, most of which focused Kyiv and the Kyiv area.
Reuters witnesses heard a minimum of 5 blasts throughout Kyiv, and Ukrainian media footage confirmed various automobiles broken.
“Drones got here onto the capital in teams and from completely different instructions,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s metropolis army administration, stated on the Telegram messaging app.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that one particular person 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 town’s army administration stated.
Within the Shevchenkivskyi district, drone particles sparked a hearth in an condominium, which was rapidly extinguished. There have been no instant stories of accidents, Popko stated on the Telegram messaging app.
There was no instant 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 line with Ukrainian officers.
