kyiv (Reuters) – Russia launched a drone strike on the Ukrainian capital kyiv on Wednesday, killing one particular person, injuring six others and damaging buildings in two districts, metropolis officers stated.
Explosions erupted within the morning sky as Ukraine’s air pressure warned of approaching drones within the capital and Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated air defenses have been repelling an enemy assault.
Two flooring of a residential constructing have been partially destroyed within the strike, Klitschko stated. The physique of a girl was later faraway from the rubble, the town’s army administration stated.
Images launched by state emergency companies confirmed firefighters dousing a gutted nook of a constructing and rescue employees serving to aged victims.
The Nationwide Financial institution of Ukraine stated in an announcement that certainly one of its buildings was broken by particles from a downed drone. Particles additionally broken a non-residential constructing in one other neighborhood, Klitschko added.
“Even on New 12 months’s Eve, Russia was solely involved about easy methods to hurt Ukraine,” President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on social media in response to the strike.
kyiv’s army stated it shot down 63 of 111 drones launched by Russia in a single day in numerous areas of Ukraine. 46 others have been killed by digital jamming, the assertion added.
Russia has carried out common airstrikes on Ukrainian cities far behind the entrance line of its practically three-year-old invasion.
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