Ukraine rebuffs Russian cruise missile strike on Kyiv
Russian missile strikes that sent black smoke billowing into the skies over Kyiv on Thursday form part of the wave of “unprecedented” attacks on the Ukrainian capital, officials have said.
Air raid sirens wailed from 7am as Moscow launched cruise missiles at Kyiv, including from strategic bombers in the Caspian Sea. It was the ninth consecutive night of large-scale strikes, with Russia braced for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.
There were no reports of injuries but debris fell across eastern Kyiv, starting fires and causing damage. Ukraine said it had destroyed 29 of 30 missiles launched from land, sea and air. “All targets over Kyiv were shot down,” General Valery Zaluzhny, head of the armed forces, said.
One person was killed and two injured in a
