Published January 01,2025
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At least two folks had been killed and 7 others injured in a New Year drone assault by Russia on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, authorities stated on Wednesday.
“One person died as a result of the enemy attack on Kyiv. The number of injured has increased to seven, including two pregnant women. The search and rescue operation is ongoing,” the Prosecutor General’s Office stated in a press release.
The Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA) reported on Telegram that the physique was found throughout rescue efforts at a six-story residential constructing broken within the capital’s Pecherskyi district. A non-residential constructing in the identical space was additionally broken within the strike.
In Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district, falling particles brought about injury to automobiles and garages, sparking a fireplace in a non-residential space, based on the KCMA.
Later, Tymur Tkachenko, the brand new head of the KCMA, introduced on Telegram that the demise toll had risen to 2.
Ukraine’s Air Force claimed on Telegram that its air defenses shot down 63 out of 111 drones launched by Russia, which additionally focused different areas, together with Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, and Mykolaiv.
Officials within the Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia areas reported injury to native infrastructure.
“Even on New Year’s Eve, Russia was only concerned about how to hurt Ukraine,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Telegram in response to the assault.
Russian authorities haven’t but commented on the incident.
Source: www.anews.com.tr