KYIV — Within the largest aerial assault since its invasion began, Russia barraged Ukraine with 75 Shahed drones in a single day, Ukrainian officers mentioned on Saturday.
Many of the drones had been geared toward Kyiv and the area across the capital, the Ukrainian Air Power mentioned in a assertion.
Ukrainian forces managed to shoot down all however one of many Shahed kamikaze drones, in addition to an X-59 cruise missile over the Dnipro area, the Ukrainian air drive mentioned.
The assault included the very best variety of Russian drones to be deployed in a single evening since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The air assault lasted greater than six hours, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko mentioned in an announcement. Anti-aircraft missiles, tactical aviation, cellular hearth teams, and digital warfare models had been concerned in repelling the air assault.
No deaths had been reported on account of the barrage, however falling particles broken buildings. In Kyiv, a hearth broke out at a kindergarten, whereas home windows had been broken in neighboring homes. Particles broken the second ground of a five-story constructing, the place two girls needed to be evacuated, Klitschko mentioned.
5 individuals had been injured in whole, the mayor mentioned.
On account of the assault, greater than 12,000 households within the capital had been briefly reduce off from electrical energy, Ukraine’s state vitality operator Ukrenergo mentioned. Energy cuts had been additionally reported within the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Cherkasy and Sumy areas.