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Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and
four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning,
according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Ukrainian air defense forces
shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone
simulators were lost in location, the statement said.
Four people were killed after a shot-down missile fell over the
Shevchenkivskyi district, said Kyiv City Military Administration
head Timur Tkachenko. There was also falling debris in the
Desnyansky district, he said.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said that in the Shevchenkivskyi
district, windows were broken and there was smoke at the
entrance of a residential building, adding that a water supply
pipeline was also damaged.
AP journalists at the scene saw a man lying dead amid the debris
in a pool of blood. Water flooded the streets as firefighters
put out the blaze from the attack.
Klitschko also said the Lukyanivska metro station was shuttered
after the attacks damaged its glass entrance.
The office of Ukraine’s general prosecutor said in a statement
that an investigation has been launched into the missile attack.
The victims were a security guard at a food establishment and
three people who were in a minibus on the street, it said.
Drones and missiles were shot down across Ukraine, in the
Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi,
Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk
regions.
Elsewhere, industrial sites in Russia’s Kaluga and Tula regions
were set ablaze by Ukrainian drone attacks, local officials said
Saturday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 46 Ukrainian drones had been
destroyed across the country overnight.
In the Kaluga region, a drone strike sparked a fire in the town
of Lyudinovo, Gov. Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram.
Residents said on social media that the attack had targeted a
local oil depot.
A fire was also reported in Tula region, where Gov. Dmitry
Milyaev said a fuel storage tank had been set alight. He warned
residents to stay away from fallen drone debris.
No casualties were reported in either case.
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