A 33-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were wounded in the Russian drone attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday, Ukraine’s National Police said.
Among those injured, nine were in the city while four were hurt in the wider capital region, police said.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense has claimed that Ukraine is responsible for a “terrorist attack” using drones against Moscow on Tuesday.
All eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles launched at the Russian capital were destroyed, the ministry said in a statement.
“Three of them were suppressed by electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets,” the statement said. “Another five UAVs were shot down by the Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile system in the Moscow region.”
Kyiv has not yet commented on the alleged drone attack.
Russian state media reported earlier that two buildings were damaged in a drone attack. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an update that two people were injured but no one was hospitalized. Emergency services continue to work at the sites, he said.
Russian air defenses shot down a number of drones as they approached Moscow Tuesday, the country’s main federal investigating authority said in a statement Tuesday.
“As a result of the fall of unmanned aerial vehicles, several buildings in Moscow have sustained minor damage. In addition, a number of unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by Russian air defense forces on their way to Moscow,” the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Based on preliminary information, there were no casualties, while city emergency services and Russian Investigative Committee personnel are on the scene following the attack, it added.
Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 29 of 31 Iran-made Shahed drones launched at Kyiv by Russia early Tuesday, Ukraine’s Air Force said.
“Almost all of the drones were destroyed on the outskirts of the capital and in the Kyiv sky,” the Ukrainian Air Force said.
One person was killed in the bombardment, the 17th aerial assault launched by Russian forces at Kyiv during this month alone, authorities said earlier.
Four people were injured by shrapnel, according to Kyiv police chief Andrii Nebytov, and there were 50 reports of damage to houses, commercial properties and cars.
Earlier reports from Ukrainian officials said 20 drones were shot down overnight.
Iran sanctions: Ukraine has slapped new sanctions on Iran for a period of 50 years in response to what Kyiv sees as Tehran’s role in supplying weapons to Moscow. Russia has ramped up attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv this month with Iran-manufactured Shahed drones, resulting in destruction of infrastructure and civilian deaths.
A drone attack on Russia’s capital city early Tuesday resulted in “minor damage to several buildings,” but no casualties were reported, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.
“All of the city’s emergency services are on the scene,” Sobyanin said on Telegram. “They are investigating the circumstances of what happened. No one has been seriously injured so far.”
One of the damaged buildings was in the south of Moscow, and another is located southwest of the Russian capital, according to state news agency RIA.
Quoting a spokesperson for the emergency services, state news agency TASS said authorities are investigating several possibilities, including that a drone hit a building.
What looked like drone fragments were found around the building, TASS reported.
A drone attack damaged two buildings in Moscow Tuesday morning, according to Russian state media. No injuries were sustained, according to the reports.
The loud engine announces the approach of the Soviet-era armored BTR vehicle long before it appears — racing through a grassy plain on the outskirts of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine. Suddenly it stops, its door opens and Ukrainian soldiers rush out, storming the trench below.
“Today our task is training and cleaning the trenches,” a Ukrainian soldier with the call-sign Jenia says. He is a member of Kyiv’s Offensive Guard, which is part of an initiative by the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs to establish new assault brigades.
“The enemy has lost positions, we quickly arrive, take positions, and restore it,” he adds.
This operation is just a drill, but the scenario has been engineered to be as realistic as possible. The trenches are muddy — despite weeks without rain — and the soldiers are forced to face the unexpected, such as tending to and evacuating the wounded, or adapting after suffering casualties.
“Some people say training is not hard, that there is no danger — but running through the trenches and constantly training, knowing that you will go to battle, it is not easy,” Jenia says. “Everything comes with practice, It is clear that during the hostilities there will also be the psychological impact of war — but practice is very important.”
Even as Ukrainian cities experience barrage after barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes, Jenia and the other members of the Offensive Guard have remained unfazed, simulating scenarios they expect to find once Kyiv finally launches its much anticipated counteroffensive.
