Russia has launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at kyiv and different cities within the nation.
A collection of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital within the early hours of Monday, forcing residents to take refuge in bomb shelters, the Ukrainian air power stated. Airstrikes additionally focused Kharkiv and different cities.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that emergency providers had been referred to as to the Holosiivskyi and Solomianskyi districts of kyiv. One particular person was reportedly injured by falling particles within the Shevchenkivskyi district.
Serhiy Popko, head of the army administration of the town of kyiv, stated greater than 10 cruise missiles, round 10 ballistic missiles and a drone fired on the Ukrainian capital and its suburbs have been destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.
Ukrainian forces stated they destroyed a complete of twenty-two of 35 missiles and 20 of 23 assault drones within the areas of kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia.
The pinnacle of the Kharkiv area, Oleh Syniehubov, confirmed a strike within the Industrialnyi district early within the morning.
The assault comes a day after the Russian army stated it had intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones attacking a number of Russian areas in one of many largest Ukrainian assaults of the greater than two-year warfare.
