Ukraine has stated it has shot down greater than a dozen Russian-launched drones within the early hours of Thursday morning.
The 18 drones had been amongst 24 launched in pre-dawn assaults throughout Ukraine, with a quantity geared toward Kyiv – all of which had been destroyed alongside an unspecified variety of missiles, metropolis officers stated.
Administration officers within the capital stated: “The Russians have attacked Kyiv using Shahed loitering munitions and missiles, likely the ballistic type.”
Some 15 Shahed drones had been fired on the metropolis of Odesa on the Black Sea, with air defences destroying 12 of those, in line with Ukraine’s southern navy command.
Three of the drones struck a college compound however there have been no casualties.
Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspline additionally reported explosions within the southern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, with the pinnacle of the town’s regional navy administration Yuri Malashko, confirming that anti-aircraft defences had been at work.
Russia has repeatedly bombarded Ukraine since October and the newest assaults come lower than 24 hours after Kyiv stated 21 individuals had been killed in a Russian strike on the town of Kherson.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated a grocery store, railway station and residential buildings had been among the many locations hit.
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It additionally comes after drone assaults on the house of Russian President Vladimir Putin within the early hours of Wednesday.
Putin described the assault as a “terrorist act”, blaming Ukraine, however Mr Zelenskyy stated: “We don’t attack Putin or Moscow – we fight on our own territory”.
The Kremlin stated the drones had been disabled earlier than they may strike however threatened retaliation.
There had been no reviews of victims or injury.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed Russian state information company RIA Novosti that Putin was working in Novo-Ogaryovo, outdoors Moscow on the time of the assault.
Mr Peskov stated there can be no change to plans for Russia’s Victory Day parade on 9 May.
The main public vacation commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany within the Second World War and presents a possibility for Putin to rally Russians behind his “special military operation” in Ukraine.
Source: information.sky.com”