Ukraine says its air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones as Moscow escalates its aerial assaults.
One individual has been killed and 4 others have been injured when Russian drones focused the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, navy and civilian officers mentioned, as Russia launched barrages throughout the nation.
The Ukrainian Air Power mentioned its air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones launched at Ukraine for the reason that early hours of Friday.
Moscow’s forces have escalated aerial attacks across Ukraine in current days, together with a New Yr’s Day drone assault focusing on central Kyiv that killed two individuals.
Within the newest barrage, a truck driver was killed by drone particles, in accordance with Mykola Kalashnyk, performing governor for the Kyiv area.
He mentioned the particles additionally broken a number of homes, injuring 4 individuals, together with a 16-year-old boy.
The Ukrainian Air Power mentioned that 26 different drones have been “misplaced”, in reference to Ukraine’s use of digital warfare to redirect Russian drones.
In all, Russian drones focused 9 areas throughout the nation together with Kyiv, officers mentioned.
Residential homes and business buildings have been additionally broken within the Donetsk area within the east and the Chernihiv area within the north, the navy added.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian navy mentioned it had carried out a high-precision strike on a Russian command publish in Maryino, within the Kursk area of Russia, the place Ukrainian forces nonetheless maintain territory after a serious incursion in August.
The Russian navy mentioned air defence items had downed 4 Ukrainian missiles within the area, and the regional governor mentioned the assaults broken a high-rise house block and different buildings in an adjoining village.
