Russia has launched an intense air attack in Kyiv using a combination of drones, cruise missiles and possible ballistic missiles, Ukrainian officials say, adding that many were shot down.
May 16, 2023 GMT
Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 15, 2023. Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv was “exceptional in its density — the maximum number of attacking missiles in the shortest period of time,” said Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv Military Administration.
“According to preliminary information the vast majority of enemy targets in the airspace of Kyiv were detected and destroyed,” said Popko, without providing an exact number of missiles shot down.
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