The Ukrainian authorities evoke an attack “exceptional by its density”, the impact of which was limited by the entry into action of the anti-aircraft defense.
The eighth attack since the beginning of May. This Tuesday shortly before dawn, Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses went into action to repel a new “complex” attack of drones and missiles on Kiev, the day after the announced return to the capital of President Volodymyr Zelensky after his tour in Europe.
“The enemy launched a complex attack from several directions and simultaneously, using drones, cruise missiles and probably ballistic missiles,” said the Kiev military authority in a statement posted on its Telegram account.
Most missiles destroyed
The statement, which describes an attack “exceptional in its density”, refers to “a maximum number of missiles in a very tight time frame.” “According to the first information, the vast majority of enemy targets in the sky of kyiv have been detected and destroyed!”, Can we still read.
Shortly before, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on his Telegram account that the city’s anti-aircraft defenses were at work and reported the wreckage of a drone and the remains of a missile in the Darnytskyi district. , in the south of the city.
“Three people were injured in the Solomyansky district,” he added.
This new night attack comes the day after the announced return to Kiev of Volodymyr Zelensky after his tour which took him to Italy, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, and during which he obtained new weapons from his European partners. .
