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Following explosions that shook central Kiev, soldiers shot into the air in an effort to take down the drones. People left for safety. Before an explosion and orange flames, an anti-aircraft rocket could be seen flying into the early sky.
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Attacks on the capital left at least six people dead, according to officials in Ukraine.
“As of right now, three individuals have died as a consequence of a kamikaze drone strike on a residential structure. There have been 19 persons saved. Work on the rescue effort is still going on, the vice president Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on social media.
Two of the fatalities in the capital were a young married couple, according to Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kiev.
“A married couple with a child on the way. He posted on social media that the woman was six months pregnant.
A burned-out structure had windows that were spewing black smoke, and firefighters were working hard to put out the fires.
Ukraine said that the assaults were carried out by “suicide drones” produced in Iran, which fly to their intended target before exploding.
According to the Russian defence ministry, high-precision weapons were used in a “massive” strike on military installations and energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine.
For Belgorod was written on parts of a drone used in the attack, which appears to be a reference to Ukrainian bombardment of a Russian territory bordering Ukraine.
Denys Monastyrskyi, Ukraine’s interior minister, later claimed that the assaults on Monday had also resulted in fatalities in other cities.
The attacks happened precisely one week after Russia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian towns with its most intense aircraft assault since the war’s beginning, also during morning rush hour.
“The adversary terrorises the civilian population day and night. All of Ukraine is under assault from kamikaze drones and rockets. On the Telegram messaging service, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a residential building had been attacked in Kiev.
“Our cities are vulnerable to attack, but the enemy won’t be able to overwhelm us. Only just retribution and the censure of future generations await the occupiers. We shall triumph, too.
Since Sunday evening, the Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down 37 Russian drones, or around 85% of those used in assaults.
In the meanwhile, the regional governor of Sumy’s eastern area said that three people had died and several more had been hurt.
Three Russian missiles struck a piece of civil infrastructure around 5:20 (02:20 GMT). Three fatalities are at least. Nine people are hurt. Dmytro Zhyvytsky, the governor of the Sumy area, said on social media that there are still persons buried beneath the rubble.
Denys Shmygal, the prime minister, had said that Russian airstrikes had attacked energy installations in Sumy and the central Dnipropetrovsk area, where the president claimed that bombings there had resulted in several fatalities and injuries.
