Kiev: Sirens sounded shortly after midnight on Thursday after Russia hit Kyiv With the bombing of Iran-made Martyr drones, in which two people were injured and several houses were destroyed.
Explosions were heard in different parts of the city, and debris According to the intercepted drones fell on four districts of the capital of Ukraine ukraineMinistry of Internal Affairs. Buildings were damaged and two people were hospitalized with shrapnel injuries. Earlier, the Kiev City Administration wrote Wire That debris fell on five districts.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia shot down a total of 20 drones, mostly over the Kiev region, and shot down all 20. Ukrainian forces also intercepted two cruise missiles. The statement also said that a ballistic missile was intercepted, although it did not say how much damage was caused by the missile.
The government of the Khmelnitsky region in western Ukraine reported that the cruise missile was intercepted in the region, and there were no casualties. “We appreciate the careful work of the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine,” the regional administration wrote on Telegram.
According to the Interior Ministry, rescue workers extinguished the blaze in a 16-story building as well as a non-residential building. The debris “also damaged the front facade” of the 25-story apartment building, the ministry wrote.
Volodymyr Motes, 22, who lives in a 25-story building, carefully picks his way across the floor of a destroyed apartment, his footsteps accompanied by the sound of broken glass. The rickety furniture was covered in a thick layer of dust.
“I was in my apartment and suddenly I heard a loud noise, that’s all. Then the alarm rang and I went towards the shelter.
He said that some people have been injured, but all of them are alive.
Russian attacks in Ukraine appear to be almost routine during the nearly 17 months of the war.
In May, Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kiev almost every night, forcing residents there to spend their nights in shelters. During the summer, attacks were less frequent, but they still strike unexpectedly across the country.
Ukraine’s human rights chief Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram on Thursday, “It should be explained that each ‘air alarm’ in Ukraine is like playing Russian roulette… It is unknown how many people may be affected, and it is uncertain whether From which part of Ukraine will the bad news of an enemy drone or missile attack come.”
Recently, a Russian cruise missile struck an apartment building in the western city of Lviv, resulting in the death toll to 10 and dozens more injured. And in the southern and eastern regions of the country, where heavy fighting is taking place on the front lines, the intensity of missile attacks has remained high since the beginning of the war.
Explosions were heard in different parts of the city, and debris According to the intercepted drones fell on four districts of the capital of Ukraine ukraineMinistry of Internal Affairs. Buildings were damaged and two people were hospitalized with shrapnel injuries. Earlier, the Kiev City Administration wrote Wire That debris fell on five districts.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia shot down a total of 20 drones, mostly over the Kiev region, and shot down all 20. Ukrainian forces also intercepted two cruise missiles. The statement also said that a ballistic missile was intercepted, although it did not say how much damage was caused by the missile.
The government of the Khmelnitsky region in western Ukraine reported that the cruise missile was intercepted in the region, and there were no casualties. “We appreciate the careful work of the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine,” the regional administration wrote on Telegram.
According to the Interior Ministry, rescue workers extinguished the blaze in a 16-story building as well as a non-residential building. The debris “also damaged the front facade” of the 25-story apartment building, the ministry wrote.
Volodymyr Motes, 22, who lives in a 25-story building, carefully picks his way across the floor of a destroyed apartment, his footsteps accompanied by the sound of broken glass. The rickety furniture was covered in a thick layer of dust.
“I was in my apartment and suddenly I heard a loud noise, that’s all. Then the alarm rang and I went towards the shelter.
He said that some people have been injured, but all of them are alive.
Russian attacks in Ukraine appear to be almost routine during the nearly 17 months of the war.
In May, Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kiev almost every night, forcing residents there to spend their nights in shelters. During the summer, attacks were less frequent, but they still strike unexpectedly across the country.
Ukraine’s human rights chief Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram on Thursday, “It should be explained that each ‘air alarm’ in Ukraine is like playing Russian roulette… It is unknown how many people may be affected, and it is uncertain whether From which part of Ukraine will the bad news of an enemy drone or missile attack come.”
Recently, a Russian cruise missile struck an apartment building in the western city of Lviv, resulting in the death toll to 10 and dozens more injured. And in the southern and eastern regions of the country, where heavy fighting is taking place on the front lines, the intensity of missile attacks has remained high since the beginning of the war.