Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Russia has launched one of the largest drone attacks on Ukraine since the war began, mainly targeting overnight the region in and around the capital Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian military, which said all 89 drones fired were shot down.
Dramatic video released by the Ukrainian Air Force shows one drone on fire, falling from the sky and landing in a field — causing a large cloud of smoke but no visible damage.
“Just like then, today the Ukrainian air defense has withstood and repelled a massive attack by enemy drones,” he said.
Since then, Ukraine has repeatedly pleaded for allies to provide more air defense systems.
We need sufficiently courageous decisions from our partners — enough air defense systems, enough range,” Zelensky added.
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Ruslan Kravchenko, Mykola Oleshchuk, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, Zelensky, ” CNN’s Michael Conte
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