(Reuters) – Russia launched a number of waves of drone assaults on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second evening in row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after a number of weeks of pause, the town’s army administration stated.
“The enemy’s UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were launched in many groups and attacked Kyiv in waves, from different directions, at the same time constantly changing the vectors of movement along the route,” Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv’s army administration, stated on the Telegram messaging app.
“That is why the air raid alerts were announced several times in the capital.”
Popko stated that based on preliminary info Ukraine’s air defence programs hit near 10 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones in Kyiv and its outskirts.
There have been no preliminary studies of “critical damage” or casualties, he stated.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the studies. There was no quick remark from Russia.
Russia began finishing up strikes on Ukraine’s vitality, army and transport infrastructure in October 2022, six months after Moscow’s troops did not take over the capital and withdrew to Ukraine’s east and south.
Over final winter, Russia pounded Ukraine with lots of of missiles and drones, leaving hundreds of thousands with out electrical energy, heating and water throughout the coldest months of the yr – earlier than easing the assaults in the summertime.
After a pause of 52 days, Moscow resumed air strikes on Kyiv earlier this month. On Saturday, Ukrainian officers stated all drones heading in the direction of Kyiv had been destroyed, however some hit infrastructure services elsewhere in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and different officers have warned that Russia would resume its large-scale bombardments of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure throughout the winter months.
