Russia launched against their territory this morning Kyiv Moreover 60 Iranian-made Shahed unmanned aerial vehiclesAn attack he uses record number of unmanned devices According to the Military Administration of the capital, it was almost entirely hit by Ukrainian defenses.
The attack coincides with 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the great famine caused by collectivization and redistribution policies resources of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin In the first half of the 1930s, when millions of Ukrainian peasants died.
“More than 70 witnesses on the night of commemoration of the Holodomor genocide,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his social networks, referring to the total number of UAVs launched against the entire Ukrainian territory last night.
Zelensky called this Saturday’s attack “deliberate terrorism”and touched on the date Russia chose to launch this record number of Shahed drones. “Russia’s leaders are proud that they have the ability to kill,” Zelensky added.
The Ukrainian president highlighted the response of Ukrainian defense, according to the Air Force: 71 of 75 UAVs fired last night were shot down against Ukrainian territory without achieving their goals.
There were explosions during the interventions in the capital They woke up most of the inhabitants in the early morning hours.
According to the city’s Military Administration, parts of the captured drones damaged numerous buildings in different parts of Kiev and damaged the electrical system infrastructure.
In conclusion, 77 residences and 77 institutions were left without electricityAccording to the Department of Energy.
With the arrival of low temperatures Ukraine He fears falling victim to Russia’s massive attacks on the energy system, which left millions of Ukrainians without light and heat for weeks last autumn and winter.
Five people were injured in a massive drone strike in Kiev early Saturday, according to the capital’s mayor, Vitali Klichko.