Ukraine’s capital targeted by further missile strikes overnight
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was targeted by another Russian missile strike on Monday. The head of the city’s military administration noted that it’s the fifth time the capital has been attacked since the start of May.
Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv City Military Administration, said on Telegram that it was no accident that the latest attack came on the eve of Moscow’s annual Victory Day parade, saying Russia was using its “sacred date” to then “try to kill as many civilians as possible on this day.”
Monday night’s attack was carried out by four Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region, Popko said, but he noted that the cruise missiles launched by the fighter jets had not reached their targets.
“The anti-aircraft defense of the capital worked perfectly again! According to preliminary information, about one and a half dozen enemy air targets were detected and destroyed in the airspace around Kyiv,” Popko said. No one was injured in the attack, preliminary information suggested, he said.
“Kyiv stood up again and will stand up in the future,” Popko said.
Kyiv’s Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that during the attack on Kyiv, “a fragment of a downed rocket fell on a private yard in Holosiivskyi district of the capital. The burning wreckage was extinguished. There were no casualties or damage.” Explosives experts, rescuers and police are still working on the scene, he said Tuesday morning.
Early Monday morning, Kyiv was struck by Iranian-made “Shahed” drones.
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CNBC was unable to immediately verify the information in the posts but, in recent days, Kyiv has been targeted in several attacks after a relative lull in several months. Early Monday morning, Kyiv was struck by Iranian-made “Shahed” drones.
Ukrainian Air Defense forces destroyed 35 “Shahed” drones used in strikes on the capital, the forces’ General Staff said, but debris from the interceptions damaged…
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