First responders work the scene following a Russian missile assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles Saturday, leaving a minimum of 4 individuals useless, whereas industrial websites in Russia had been set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes.
Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, different simulator drones and 4 ballistic missiles within the early hours of Saturday morning, in line with Ukraine’s Air Power. Ukrainian air protection forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. An additional 14 drone simulators had been misplaced in location, the assertion mentioned.
4 individuals had been killed after a shot-down missile fell over the Shevchenkivskyi district, mentioned Kyiv Metropolis Army Administration head Timur Tkachenko. There was additionally falling particles within the Desnyansky district, he mentioned.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, mentioned that within the Shevchenkivskyi district, home windows had been damaged and there was smoke on the entrance of a residential constructing, including {that a} water provide pipeline was additionally broken.
AP journalists on the scene noticed a person mendacity useless amid the particles in a pool of blood. Water flooded the streets as firefighters put out the blaze from the assault.
Klitschko additionally mentioned the Lukyanivska metro station was shuttered after the assaults broken its glass entrance.
Drones and missiles had been shot down throughout Ukraine, within the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk areas.
Elsewhere, industrial websites in Russia’s Kaluga and Tula areas had been set ablaze Saturday by Ukrainian drone assaults, native officers mentioned.
Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned that 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed throughout the nation in a single day.
Within the Kaluga area, a drone strike sparked a fireplace within the city of Lyudinovo, Gov. Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram. Residents mentioned on social media that the assault had focused a neighborhood oil depot.
A fireplace was additionally reported in Tula area, the place Gov. Dmitry Milyaev mentioned a gasoline storage tank had been set alight. He warned residents to avoid fallen drone particles.
No casualties had been reported in both case.
