Ukraine announced that it had destroyed 58 of the 59 explosives launched by Moscow. At this point, the attack would have left two people dead.
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” I’largest drone attack since the beginning of the Russian invasion” has been almost neutralized, according to Ukrainian announcements. On the night of May 27-28, 54 explosive drones launched by Moscow flew over the country. But the Ukrainian army would have succeeded in destroying 58 of them. Among these fifty drones, more than 40 were flying in the sky of kyiv.
“According to updated information, 58 of the 59 (drones) were shot down by our defenders,” claims the staff. Earlier, the military authorities announced that they had destroyed 52 explosive drones out of 54. The authorities have so far recorded two dead and three wounded in Kyiv.
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“This is the most important drone attack against the capital since the beginning of the Russian invasion”, deplored the regional military administration on Telegram, specifying that it “took place in several waves , and the air alert lasted more than 5 hours”. “According to preliminary data, more than 40 Russian drones were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense” over kyiv, she said. According to the regional administration, “after the destruction of the Russian drones”, “debris fell on a seven-storey building” in the Golosiïvskiï district, killing one person and injuring another.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the anti-aircraft defense on Sunday. “Every time you shoot down enemy drones and missiles, lives are saved. […] You are our heroes, ”he thanked in a message posted on Telegram.
An attack for the day of kyiv
A fire also broke out in an area of warehouses, spreading flames over 1,000m2 and killing one person at the scene, according to the same source. “Emergency services are on all the places”, specified the regional authorities. In the Solomiansky district, a 41-year-old man died and a 35-year-old woman was also hospitalized, according to the mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko.READ ALSO “To avoid other Boutcha, we must return to the negotiating table”
“Today the enemy has decided to ‘congratulate’ the inhabitants of [la capitale] for Kyiv Day with the help of their murderous drones,” regional authorities quipped, referring to the city’s holiday celebrated on Sunday. This is the 14th Russian drone attack on kyiv since early May, authorities said. A total of 54 explosive drones were launched “from the Bryansk and Krasnodar regions” in Russia, said the Ukrainian Air Force, which was pleased to have intercepted 52. According to it, Russia was aiming including “military installations and critical infrastructure in the central regions of the country, in particular in the Kyiv region”.