KYIV, July 2 (Reuters) – Russia launched a nighttime drone attack on Kyiv and its surroundings after a 12-day pause, triggering air defense systems, Ukrainian military officials said on Sunday.
According to the air force, eight Iranian-made Shahed drones and three cruise missiles, which were shot down, were used.
“Another enemy attack on Kyiv,” wrote on the Telegram network Serhiy Popko, an officer who heads the military administration of the Ukrainian capital.
Three houses were damaged as a result of falling drone debris in the Kyiv region, injuring one person, the region’s military chief, Ruslan Kravchenko, reported on his Facebook page.
Reuters witnesses heard explosions resembling the sound of air defense systems hitting targets.
Kyiv and its surroundings, as well as other areas of central and eastern Ukraine were subject to air alerts for about an hour shortly after 02:00 am local time (23:00 GMT). (Reporting Gleb Garanich, Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv and Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; French version Elizabeth Pineau)
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