According to the air defense in Kiev, Russia has again massively attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles of various types. Air defense officials said in Kiev on Saturday that 19 of the 31 drones had been destroyed.
The Air Force did not provide information about the drones that were not shot down. Some regions in Ukraine reported impacts. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, for example, authorities say two drones hit a building, causing fire and destruction, they said. The capital Kiev also reported drone attacks that were repulsed.
Klitschko reports explosions
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced in the morning that explosions had been heard near the capital. The anti-aircraft defenses were active, he said in his Telegram channel. He called on people to seek shelter in bunkers. According to initial findings, there were no injuries. The media had reported that the air raid sirens only went off after the sound of explosions.
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat later explained that they were ballistic missiles, which were harder to detect with radar because of their speed. According to initial findings, two Iskander-type missiles hit a field. Authorities said five houses were damaged by the blast wave. It was said to be the first attack of its kind in more than 50 days.
According to Ukrainian sources, Russian artillery also shelled residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in the afternoon. According to local authorities, one man was killed and two women were injured. In eastern Ukraine, Russian shelling killed a 61-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man in the city of Toretsk, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said.
Russia has been attacking Ukraine from the air with drones, missiles and cruise missiles for more than twenty months in its war of aggression. In many places, anti-aircraft defenses work thanks to Western defense systems. However, effects sometimes occur. The destruction is sometimes enormous. Time and time again, people are killed or injured.
(dsc/sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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