The Ukrainian capital Kiev was again the target of Russian airstrikes on Thursday evening. The air raid alarm in the city lasted more than three hours. “The attack was massive,” said Serhiy Popko, head of Kiev’s civil and military administration. Russia is attacking “in several waves”, with pauses between drone strikes.
“According to preliminary information, Iranian-made Shahed drones were also used that night. However, the air defense repelled all attacks.
Zelenskyy attacks Iran
“What advantage does Iran get from such cynical killings? By Russian hands, but with your guns, your guns… Your shaheds terrorizing Ukraine every night only means that the Iranian people are driven deeper and deeper into the dark side of history,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement. a nightly video speech. . “The simple question is, what interest do you have in being complicit in Russian terror?”
Iran had initially denied supplying the Shahed drones to Russia, but later said it supplied a small number before the conflict began. According to Ukrainian sources, the air defense systems have so far shot down between 900 and 1,160 kamikaze drones.
Air raid sirens in various parts of the country
The nighttime air raid alert was also reported in other parts of the country, including Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine and Chernivtsi in the west of the country.
Night-time shelling of Ukraine by Russia has increased again since early May, especially around Kiev. Just four days ago, Russia launched massive rocket attacks on the Ukrainian capital. According to Popko, head of the military administration, Kiev was attacked 12 times in May.
Source: Krone
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