Ukrainian air defence crews destroy missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, as air raid sirens blared across the country for more than three hours.
abc.net.au/news/russia-launches-missile-strike-on-ukraine-air-defence/102286894Ukrainian air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, Moscow intensified on its neighbour in recent days.
Kyiv's city officials wrote on the Telegram messaging app that all missiles directed at the capital were destroyed. "According to [preliminary information], no casualties among the civilian population and no destruction of residential facilities or infrastructure have been recorded," the city administration said.Air defence systems were also called into action to shield the Kyiv region, which is a separate administrative entity from the city, from Russian missiles, officials said.
"Air defences are at work!" Kyiv's regional administration wrote on the Telegram messaging app, after reports of explosions heard in the region.Russia has also launched missiles at other Ukrainian regions overnight, including on Dnipropetrovsk, Mykola Lukashuk, the head of the Dnipro region council, said.
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