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Russia attacks Kyiv with missile barrage, says Ukraine

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Published September 02,2024


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Russia launched a recent missile strike on Ukraine‘s capital Kyiv on Monday, in response to native media.

Exact casualty numbers and injury stay unclear, in response to Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv City Administration of Emergency Services, who mentioned dozens of missiles and an assault drone had been used within the strike.

“Preliminary, there is a fire. The data on the damage and casualties are being clarified. Emergency services units are on their way to the scene,” state news company Ukrinform quoted Popko as saying.

“Russian troops launched another missile attack on Kyiv. The strike was a combined one — with cruise and ballistic missiles. The cruise missiles (potentially Kh-101) were most likely launched around 3 a.m. from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Saratov region of the Russian Federation,” Popko added.

Noting that the cruise missiles approached the town from the south after making “complex maneuvers,” he mentioned that as they closed in, Russian forces “fired KN-24/Iskander-M ballistic missiles at Kyiv and its suburbs. To this was added one strike UAV.”

According to Popko, Ukrainian air protection forces had been capable of destroy greater than a dozen cruise missiles, a couple of dozen ballistic missiles, and the assault drone within the airspace of the capital.

He mentioned particles from the missiles fell on the town’s districts of Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Dniprovskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned medical groups had been analyzing a sufferer within the Shevchenkivskyi district. “We have also called medics to Sviatoshynskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts. All services are on their way,” he mentioned.

“Rocket fragments fell within the Sviatoshynskyi district. Four vehicles are on fireplace. A non-residential constructing is on fireplace in Holosiivskyi district.

“In Sviatoshynskyi district, preliminary, the debris fell on a warehouse. The Shevchenkivskyi district is also on fire. All services are working on the ground,” the mayor added.

Klitschko additionally talked about {that a} boiler home in Holosiivskyi was partially destroyed, and that tumbler on the doorway of the Svyatoshyn metro station was partially broken.

Source: www.anews.com.tr

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