Ukraine says its air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones as Moscow escalates its aerial assaults.
One individual has been killed and 4 others had been injured when Russian drones focused the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, army and civilian officers stated, as Russia launched barrages throughout the nation.
The Ukrainian Air Power stated its air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones launched at Ukraine for the reason that early hours of Friday.
Moscow’s forces have escalated aerial assaults throughout Ukraine in current days, together with a New Yr’s Day drone assault concentrating on central Kyiv that killed two individuals.
Within the newest barrage, a truck driver was killed by drone particles, in response to Mykola Kalashnyk, appearing governor for the Kyiv area.
He stated the particles additionally broken a number of homes, injuring 4 individuals, together with a 16-year-old boy.
The Ukrainian Air Power stated that 26 different drones had been “misplaced”, in reference to Ukraine’s use of digital warfare to redirect Russian drones.
In all, Russian drones focused 9 areas throughout the nation together with Kyiv, officers stated.
Residential homes and industrial buildings had been additionally broken within the Donetsk area within the east and the Chernihiv area within the north, the army added.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian army stated it had carried out a high-precision strike on a Russian command put up in Maryino, within the Kursk area of Russia, the place Ukrainian forces nonetheless maintain territory after a serious incursion in August.
The Russian army stated air defence items had downed 4 Ukrainian missiles within the area, and the regional governor stated the assaults broken a high-rise house block and different buildings in an adjoining village.
