Ukrainian army says its defences shot down 15 out of 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones in a single day.
Russia has launched a number of waves of drone assaults on the Kyiv, Poltava and Cherkasy areas of Ukraine, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after a number of weeks of respite, in keeping with Ukrainian officers.
“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, the pinnacle of Kyiv’s army administration, stated in a message on Telegram messaging app early on Sunday.
“That is why the air raid alerts were announced several times in the capital.”
Popko stated preliminary info indicated that Ukraine’s air defence programs downed 10 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones in Kyiv and the town’s outskirts.
There have been no preliminary reviews of “critical damage” or casualties, he stated.
The Ukrainian Air Power stated on its official Fb web page on Sunday morning that Russia attacked the Ukrainian territories from its Kursk area.
It stated air defences shot down 15 out of 20 drones that carried out the strikes.
The reviews couldn’t independently be verified and there was no speedy remark from Russia.
Intensified Russian assaults anticipated
Russia started 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.
Final winter, Russia pounded Ukraine with a whole lot of missiles and drones, leaving millions without electricity, 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 Zelenskyy and different officers have warned that Russia will resume its large-scale bombardment of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure throughout the winter months.
In his every day video message on Saturday night, Zelenskyy introduced new steps to bolster Ukraine’s air defences within the coming weeks.
“The closer we get to winter, the greater Russia’s efforts will be to step up its attacks,” Zelenskyy stated.
