Russia launched a missile assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the close by area for the primary time in weeks on Saturday and pounded the east and south of the nation with drones, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv metropolis navy administration, mentioned a Russian ballistic missile was launched towards the capital at about 08:00 a.m.(0600 GMT).
“After a protracted pause of 52 days, the enemy has resumed missile assaults on Kyiv,” Popko mentioned on the Telegram messaging app. “The missile failed to succeed in Kyiv, air defenders shot it down because it was approaching the capital.”
Popko mentioned there have been no casualties or main harm within the capital.
Ruslan Kravchenko, regional governor for the central Kyiv area, mentioned 5 non-public homes and several other industrial buildings within the space have been broken. He mentioned two Russian missiles struck a subject between settlements.
Ukraine’s air defenders additionally shot down 19 Iranian-made “Shahed” drones out of 31 launched by the Russian forces within the in a single day assault on southern and jap areas, the air pressure mentioned in a press release.
Oleh Kiper, Odesa’s regional governor, mentioned the southern area was attacked with missiles and drones on Friday night and in a single day. The strikes wounded three individuals and broken port infrastructure amenities, he mentioned with out providing additional particulars.
Russia has intensified its bombardments of Ukraine’s ports, together with Odesa, and grain infrastructure since July when Moscow pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a wartime deal that enabled Ukraine’s exports to succeed in many nations going through the specter of starvation.
SOURCE: REUTERS, TOE, AGENCIES
