Russia has attacked Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, according to local authorities.
Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, local authorities said Sunday morning.
At least 29 people were injured, seven of them children, in what was the second consecutive night attack on kyiv that claimed civilian lives. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the dead included a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother.
Russian drones set fires in two residential buildings in the capital’s Desnianskyi district. Emergency crews evacuated civilians from a nine-story building and a 16-story building.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 101 drones overnight Sunday, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, of which 90 were shot down and neutralized by Ukrainian forces. However, five attack drones hit four locations. The remains of the downed drones fell in five places, according to the statement without giving further details about where.
Sunday’s attack comes a day after a massive Russian missile and drone attack quickly killed four people, including two in the capital. New requests from the president of Ukraine for Western air defense systems.