Russia launched multiple waves of drones on Kyiv in one of the largest attacks of its kind targeting Ukraine, the military administration of the city reported on Wednesday. The Ukrainian capital remained under air raid alerts for most of the night.
Ukraine‘s air force said on Wednesday it shot down all 89 drones and one missile launched by Russia overnight in one of the war’s largest drone attacks. Russia’s attack mainly targeted the central region of Kyiv where the local authorities said the air force shot down more 40 drones.
Ukraine’s air defence systems destroyed more than 30 drones by 6:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) on Wednesday, marking Russia’s seventh attack on the city in July, according to Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration.
It was “one of the most massive attacks on Ukraine with attack drones during the entire war,” Popko said on the Telegram messaging app. “At this moment, according to the operational report at this moment, there are no casualties or damage in Kyiv.”
The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear, as reported by Reuters. There was no immediate comment from Russia. Russian state news agencies reported, citing Russian fighters in Ukraine, that the attacks targeted several military airports and military warehouses across Ukraine.
Kyiv and most of central and eastern Ukraine were under air raid alerts from 2000 GMT on Tuesday. Air defence systems were engaged on approaches to Kyiv and in the region surrounding the capital several times during the night, Popko said. Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram the attack on the city came from several directions. Reuters witnesses reported hearing blasts several times during the night in what sounded like air defence systems engaged in repelling an air attack.
Team BharatShakti
(With inputs from Reuters)
