On Thursday, Ukraine declared that it had downed 20 Russian attack drones and cruise missiles in strikes targeting Kyiv and other areas of the country for the third consecutive night.
Yuri Ignat, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, stated, “We conducted a successful air defense operation. We destroyed 20 Shahid-style drones. We shot down all those that were flying. We also destroyed two Kalibr-type cruise missiles.”
Russian forces targeted the city of Kyiv with a barrage of Iranian-made drones that self-detonated in the early hours of Thursday, according to the Kyiv city administration.
Explosions were heard in various parts of the city, and debris from intercepted drones fell in four areas of the Ukrainian capital, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Buildings sustained damage, and two individuals were transported to the hospital with shrapnel injuries.
Earlier, the municipal authority wrote via the Telegram application that debris had fallen in five areas. They added that approximately 10 drones had been identified and shot down.
The mayor wrote on Telegram, “In the Podylsky district, while firefighters were extinguishing a fire in a residential building, one body was found.”
Rescue workers extinguished a fire in a 16-story building as well as a non-residential building. The ministry wrote that the debris “caused damage to the facade” of a 25-story residential building.
