Strike on Kyiv comes as fighting has intensified in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as in the south near Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters.invasion of Ukraine
In the Kyiv region alone, 13 or more drones were shot down, all of them as they flew in from the south, said a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yurii Ihnat. “The whole night, and the whole morning, the enemy terrorizes the civilian population,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post. “Kamikaze drones and missiles are attacking all of Ukraine.”Social media video posts showed drones buzzing over the capital and smoke billowing in the early morning light. The sound of sustained gunfire could also be heard in one post, seemingly trying to shoot a drone down.
The drones have also been repeatedly used by Russia elsewhere in Ukraine in recent weeks to target urban centers and infrastructure, including power stations. They are comparatively cheap, costing in the region of US$20,000, and can be used in swarms. Strikes in central Kyiv had become a rarity in the last several months after Russian forces failed to capture the capital at the beginning of the war. Early morning strikes last week were the first explosions heard in Kyiv’s city center in several months, and put Kyiv as well as the rest of the country back on edge. Monday’s blasts seemed to continue what many fear could become more common occurrences in urban centers.
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