‘One of the longest barrages in four years’: Russia launches massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv

Ukraine’s superior Kyiv came nether a large aerial battle aboriginal connected Thursday, with explosions ringing retired crossed the metropolis arsenic Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles successful what officials described arsenic a “heavy force attack”.Kyiv politician Vitali Klitschko said Russian forces were targeting the superior with unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles, informing residents that the metropolis remained nether sustained attack. An AFP writer successful Kyiv reported proceeding aggregate large blasts and seeing aerial defence systems firing into the entity arsenic authorities attempted to intercept incoming threats.The latest battle followed 1 of the largest Russian bombardments of the warfare truthful far.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia fired astatine slightest 800 drones crossed astir 20 Ukrainian regions connected Wednesday successful a barrage that lasted for hours and killed astatine slightest six people. Dozens more, including children, were wounded.The attacks struck Kyiv, the occidental metropolis of Lviv adjacent the Polish border, and the Black Sea larboard of Odesa, among different areas. Zelenskyy said Moscow’s purpose appeared to beryllium overwhelming Ukraine’s aerial defences earlier perchance pursuing up with cruise and ballistic rocket strikes.

In Kyiv, officials said debris from intercepted drones fell successful the Obolonskyi district, portion Klitschko aboriginal reported harm to a five-storey residential building, a conveyance occurrence successful a car parkland and debris hitting a non-residential structure.Three radical were besides killed successful Russia’s overnight drone onslaught connected the Rivne portion westbound of Kyiv, according to determination authorities.