Ukraine’s military said on Saturday that it had shot down a Russian ballistic missile hurtling toward Kyiv, the first such attack on the capital in weeks, while cities across the country were targeted by a Russian air barrage that damaged several buildings.
The Ukrainian authorities said that they had also shot down 19 drones out of 31 launched by Russian forces overnight.
The fate of the other 12 drones remained unclear, but local officials reported damage in several areas after the attacks.
Ukrainians officials said that the booms were the work of air-defense systems that had destroyed the missile.
“After a long pause of 52 days, the enemy resumed missile attacks on Kyiv,” Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said in a statement, noting that drones had also targeted the city overnight.
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” Serhii Popko
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Russian, Officials
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Russian, Kyiv