Ukrainian authorities on Friday night reported attacks by Russia on Kiev and other cities, killing at least two people in Dnipro and activating air defenses in the capital. In Kiev, Ukrainian forces shot down 11 cruise missiles fired from strategic bombers, as well as two drones, causing no casualties or significant damage. However, two people were killed in Dnipro, a large city in the middle east of the country, according to mayor Boris Filatov. Rockets “again killed civilians in Dnipro. A young woman and a three-year-old boy died,” the mayor said on Telegram. In Uman, a city of about 80,000 people in the center of the country, a residential building collapsed, according to videos published by Ukrainian media showing a pile of rubble “An enemy missile hit a residence. The information about the victims is currently being clarified,” said Zoya Vovk, spokeswoman for the regional police, on Telegram. The regional governor, Igor Taburets, pointed out that the city received two cruise missiles, one against a residential building and another against a warehouse. “We have five injured, they are in hospital,” he told Telegram. The fall of some debris on Kiev caused the cutting of a power line and damage to a road, authorities said. “No civilian casualties or damage to residential buildings or infrastructure have been reported,” said the head of Kiev’s air defense forces, Serguiy Popko, in the capital. While Russia has regularly shelled Ukrainian cities and infrastructure over the past winter, mass attacks have become more frequent in recent months. It is the first massive rocket attack on the Ukrainian capital since early March. During the boreal winter, Russian attacks focused on basic infrastructure and caused frequent interruptions in the supply of electricity and running water. Ukraine has been bolstered in recent months with deliveries of Western air defense equipment critical to the country’s war effort. In April, it received state-of-the-art American Patriot systems. The capital was the target of an attack last week by 12 Iranian-made drones, eight of which were shot down. The action caused no casualties. After 14 months of war, the main fighting is currently taking place in the east of the country for control of the industrial region of Donbas and especially the almost completely destroyed city of Bakhmut. Ukraine says it has been preparing a confra offensive for months to drive Russian troops out of areas they occupy in the east and south of the country.
Source: La Verdad
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