Ukraine says Russia fired some 35 Iranian-made drones into the country overnight, with reports of damage to houses and infrastructure in the western part of Kyiv.
abc.net.au/news/russia-strikes-around-kyiv-using-iran-made-drones/101790196Russia has carried out drone attacks on "critical infrastructure" in and around Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities have said, adding that air defence systems destroyed about 15 of the 20 drones directed at the capital.
Preliminary information suggested there were no deaths or injuries from the strikes on the capital, Kyiv's mayor said, and medics were working at the sites of the strikes in the Solomyanskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts. "As a result of the attack on the capital, critical infrastructure facilities were damaged," Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram .A Reuters witness reported a fire as a result of the attack on the often-targeted central Shevchenkivskyi district.
The Solomyanskyi district, in the western part of Kyiv, is a busy transport hub with a railway station and one of the city's two passenger airports.Russia used about 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones in strikes across Ukraine early on Monday, of which 30 were destroyed, Ukraine's Air Force said.
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