Drones swarms attacked the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Friday evening and set fire to numerous houses. They were the most difficult nocturnal attacks in Russia since the start of the war. The massive attack took place only a few hours after US President Donald Trump called Chief Vladimir Putin.
The attacks lasted until the early hours of the morning. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 539 drones and eleven rockets were counted against Kiev. 270 drones could be shot, 208 more were lost, it said. The city is on fire, the KIEV correspondent of the Omroep Ard Vassili Golod reported on the short messages from the X.
Trump: “No progress” on the phone
Shortly before, Trump and Putin had called. The American president said on Friday morning that he was disappointed in the conversation because it didn’t seem like he wanted to end the Russian war against Ukraine. “I have not made any progress with him,” Trump had already explained the day before. He now wanted to speak with the Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj. Only the beginning of the week would the United States reduce its arms deliveries to Ukraine.
“According to preliminary information, we have various fires in the Solomjanka district,” wrote the leader of the Tymur Tkatschenko military board near Telegram. All fires are residential buildings. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, at least 14 people were injured in the attacks.
Photos of the massive attack:
According to Klitschko, damage caused by drones are also found in five other districts. Air defense fire was heard for hours in the urban area. “There are many destinations about Kiev. We fight against Russian drones in all districts,” Tkatschenko reported. During the attacks, rail infrastructure, buildings and cars were also damaged and set on fire in the city.
Hyperschallrakete Kin SCRANF FIRED
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian army also used at least one hyper -scallery Kin -Serraal. In various waves, ballistic rockets and cruise rockets were also fired at destinations in Kiev and in the area. According to the unconfirmed information, a main objective was the Wasylkiw military airport south of the city of three million.
Death in Russia
In the meantime, a senior was killed at a Ukrainian drone attack in the southern Russian area of Rostow. The air raid was repaid, but an apartment building in the village of Dolotinka was damaged, said Governor Juri Sljusar near Telegram. The woman was killed by a collapsed floor plate. A total of 48 Ukrainian drones were destroyed by the air defense at night, said it in the reports of the Russian agency.
Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than three years and repeatedly pushes Western allies to strengthen air defense.
Source: Krone
I am Ida Scott, a journalist and content author with a passion for uncovering the truth. I have been writing professionally for Today Times Live since 2020 and specialize in political news. My career began when I was just 17; I had already developed a knack for research and an eye for detail which made me stand out from my peers.
