Russian forces launched a wave of drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital before dawn on Sunday for the first time in nearly two weeks, according to Ukrainian officials.
Air raid alarms went off at around 2:30 a.m. in the capital, Kyiv. Explosions were later reported.
Serhiy Popko, the head of the city’s military administration, said that the air defenses destroyed all the drones in the airspace of Kiev. This is the first time in 12 days that Russian forces have used Iran-made attack drones to target the capital, Mr. said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
No one was killed, but debris from the downed drone damaged three houses in the Kyiv area, according to the local military government. in a statement on Telegram. And a man injured his leg at one of those homes, it added.
The overnight attacks took place when the Ukrainian army reported “heavy fighting” on the eastern front line, where Kiev’s forces are launching a counterattack to regain territory captured by Russia.
Ukraine’s Air Force says Russia launched a total of eight Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drones and three cruise missiles at targets across the country overnight, all of which were destroyed. destroy. Russia has repeatedly conducted overnight drone strikes on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
It was also a “loud” night in the Ukrainian-controlled areas of southern Kherson, according to the local military junta. A Russian attack on the village of Mylove injured a 13-year-old boy, Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, a spokesman for the regional military government, told national television. Claims have not been independently verified.
