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☆ Kyiv, Lviv under Russian air attack; missile violates Polish airspace
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian forces continue to investigate the area where rocket fragments fell in a park in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 24, 2024. Russia launched 57 missiles and drones onUkraine on Sunday, including attacking Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv, officials said, with Poland's armed forces saying one of Russia's cruise missiles briefly violated Polish airspace. Ukraine's air force destroyed 18 out of 29 Russia-launched missiles and 25 out of 28 attack drones, Ukraine's air force said on the Telegram messaging app. Several explosions rocked Kyiv early on Sunday, with Ukraine air defence forces destroying about a dozen of Russia-launched missiles over the capital and its vicinity, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram. "Russia continues to indiscriminately launch drones and missiles with no regard for millions of civilians, violating international law."

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Bridget Brink Organizations: Kyiv, U.S Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Lviv, Moscow

☆ Russia Launches Drone Attacks on Kyiv, Southern Ukraine - Ukraine's Military
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia launched drone attacks overnight on Kyiv and southern Ukraine, injuring at least one civilian and damaging a gas pipeline and residential buildings in the river and sea port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine's military said on Sunday. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesAt least one civilian was injured in the southern Ukraine attack, the military said. Falling debris from a downed drone and the blast wave damaged residential buildings and a gas pipeline in Mykolaiv, the military command said. Four drones downed over the Black Sea port of Odesa, the military said. Both Russia and Ukraine have increased their air attacks away from the frontline in recent months, targeting each other's critical energy, military and transport infrastructure.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, William Mallard, Sonali Paul Organizations: Reuters, Ukraine's Air Force, Kyiv Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Skies, Odesa, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv suffers second night of drone attacks; Ukraine claims gains in Dnieper River battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv endured a second successive night of drone attacks on Sunday, local officials said, while its forces claimed to have gained ground in the ongoing battle with Russian troops on the banks of the Dnieper River. Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram that a barrage of ammunition was fired by Shahed drones over the capital. "The enemy's UAVs were launched by many groups and came to attack Kyiv in waves, from different directions, while constantly changing the vectors of movement along the route," Popko said. Air raid sirens were sounded several times in Kyiv, and no casualties or critical damage were recorded in the city according to currently available information, he added.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Popko Organizations: Kyiv, Russian Locations: Kyiv

☆ Ukraine says Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv for the second night in a row
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 4, 2023. Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second night in a row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of pause, the city's military administration said. Popko said that according to preliminary information, Ukraine's air defense systems hit close to 10 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones in Kyiv and its outskirts. On Saturday, Ukrainian officials said all drones heading toward Kyiv were destroyed, but some hit infrastructure facilities elsewhere in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials have warned that Russia would resume its large-scale bombardments of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure during the winter months.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ursula von der Leyen, Serhiy Popko, Popko Organizations: European, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Moscow

☆ Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv second night in row, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 19 (Reuters) - Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second night in row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of pause, the city's military administration said. Ukraine's Air Force said its air defence systems destroyed 15 of 20 Russia-launched Shahed kamikaze drones over Kyiv, Poltava and Cherkasy regions. [1/3]An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 19, 2023. On Saturday, Ukrainian officials said all drones heading towards Kyiv were destroyed but some hit infrastructure facilities elsewhere in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other officials have warned that Russia would resume its large-scale bombardments of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure during the winter months.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Popko, Gleb Garanich, Ihor Taburets, Ruslan Kravchenko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Lidia Kelly, Pavel Polityuk, Tom Hogue, William Mallard Organizations: Air Force, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv's, Moscow, Melbourne

☆ Russia renews missile attacks on Kyiv, pounds Ukraine's east and south
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said a Russian ballistic missile was launched toward the capital at about 08:00 a.m.(0600 GMT). "After a long pause of 52 days, the enemy has resumed missile attacks on Kyiv," Popko said on the Telegram messaging app. "The missile failed to reach Kyiv, air defenders shot it down as it was approaching the capital." Ruslan Kravchenko, regional governor for the central Kyiv region, said five private houses and several commercial buildings in the area were damaged. Oleh Kiper, Odesa's regional governor, said the southern region was attacked with missiles and drones on Friday evening and overnight.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Popko, Ruslan Kravchenko, Oleh, Olena, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Initiative, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Russian, Moscow

☆ Ukraine says Russia launches overnight drone attack on Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv early on Sunday, with blasts ringing out across the Ukrainian capital and its region for almost two hours and drone debris falling on several of the city's central districts, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine's Land Forces said that the country's air defense systems destroyed 25 out of 32 Russia-launched Iran-made Shahed drones, most of which targeted Kyiv and the Kyiv region. Reuters witnesses heard at least five blasts across Kyiv, and Ukrainian media footage showed a number of cars damaged. Debris from downed drones fell on the Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Podil districts, Klitschko and the city's military administration said. A Russian attack killed 17 on Wednesday in the eastern city of Kostiantynivka, according to Ukrainian officials.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Popko Organizations: Ukraine's, Forces Locations: Russia, Iran, Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi, Moscow, Kostiantynivka

KYIV, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv early on Sunday, with blasts ringing out across the Ukrainian capital and its region for almost two hours and drone debris falling on several of the city's central districts, officials said. Reuters witnesses heard at least five blasts across Kyiv, and Ukrainian media footage showed a number of cars damaged. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that one person was injured in the historic Podil neighbourhood and a fire broke out near one of the city's parks. Debris from downed drones fell on the Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Podil districts, Klitschko and the city's military administration said. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, drone debris sparked a fire in an apartment, which was quickly distinguished.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Serhiy Popko, Tom Balmforth, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Elaine Monaghan, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard Organizations: Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi, Moscow, Kostiantynivka, Melbourne, Washington

☆ Russia launches missile attack on Kyiv - Ukraine's military
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sept 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv early on Wednesday, with the country's air defence systems shooting down all missiles before they reached their targets, the capital's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app. "Another missile attack by the enemy on a peaceful city with the aim of killing the civilian population and destroying the infrastructure," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. He added that according to preliminary information, there was no destruction in Kyiv and no casualties. The scale of the attack, which Popko said involved missiles of different types, was not immediately known. Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich in Kyiv; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Popko, Pavel Polityuk, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Jacqueline Wong, Michael Perry Organizations: Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Melbourne

Around the same time, Russia unleashed an aerial assault on at least three regions of Ukraine, officials in Ukraine said, including one of the most significant barrages the Kyiv region has experienced in months. Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down 43 of 44 incoming missiles and drones. Explosions and the roar of air-defense missiles shook Kyiv, the capital, around 5 a.m. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv regional military administration, said that two people in the city had been killed by falling debris. The assault in Russia came after months of Moscow’s deadly missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian cities, infrastructure and military targets. While Ukrainian officials did not claim responsibility for the overnight strikes on Russian soil, in keeping with standard practice, they have made it increasingly clear that they view taking the war to ordinary Russians as a legitimate tactic against Moscow’s invasion.

Persons: Serhiy Popko Organizations: NATO, Kyiv Locations: Russia, Estonia, Ukraine

☆ Two killed in Russian missile attack on Kyiv - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The enemy launched a massive, combined attack using drones and missiles," Serhiy Popko, the head of the city's military administration said on Telegram. [1/4]Rescuers work at a site of buildings damaged in the night by Russian drone and missiles strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 30, 2023. Russia then launched missiles from Tu-95 strategic aircrafts. General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, said that Ukrainian air defences shot down all 28 Russian missiles and 15 out of 16 drones launched overnight. read moreKyiv authorities said several buildings were damaged by debris while officials in Kyiv region reported that 6 private houses were damaged by missile fragments and several people were injured.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Serhiy Popko, Popko, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Pavel Polityuk, Jacqueline Wong, Michael Perry Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Russia, Ukrainian

☆ Explosions, drone debris hit Kyiv, mayor, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Rescuers work at a site of building damaged in the night by Russian drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 2, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERSAug 2 (Reuters) - Anti-aircraft units worked to shoot down drones attacking the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on Wednesday, with drone debris falling in three districts but causing no injuries, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and military officials said. Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said that debris had fallen in the central Solomianskyi district and that a non-residential building had been damaged. Klitschko said that debris had also fallen in the Svyatoshyn district, further west, and that a tree had caught fire. Air raid alerts were lifted for the capital, the surrounding Kyiv region and most other parts of the country.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Serhiy Popko, Ron Popeski, Sandra Maler, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Solomianskyi, Svyatoshyn, Holosiivskyi

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv faces sixth attack this month; Zelenskyy says Ukraine grain export ban 'unacceptable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Mykola, 50, the deputy commander of a Ukrainian volunteer unit, poses with a night vision scope at a position used by the unit to counter threats during air raid sirens, in a suburb of Kyiv. Kyiv faced its sixth air attack this month early Tuesday, the Kyiv City Military Administration wrote on Telegram, but all drones were detected and destroyed "in a timely manner," according to a Google translation. There were no casualties and the city was not damaged, KCMA head Serhiy Popko wrote. External forces have continued to urge Russia to return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which it abandoned on July 17, prompting a surge in wheat prices. "With the termination of the Black Sea Initiative, the most vulnerable will pay the highest price," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. food summit on Tuesday.

Persons: Mykola, Serhiy Popko, Antonio Guterres Organizations: Kyiv, Kyiv City Military Administration, Initiative, Black Sea Initiative Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv, Ukraine, Odesa, Russia

☆ Russia launches sixth air attack on Kyiv in July - Ukraine's military
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 25 (Reuters) - Russia launched its sixth air attack this month on Kyiv early on Tuesday, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said, with air raid alerts blaring for more than three hours over the city and east half of the country. Russia attacked Kyiv with Iranian-made Shahed drones, and based on preliminary information all the drones were downed by Ukraine's air defence systems, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Air raid sirens wailed for more than three hours across most of Ukraine's east from about 1:40 a.m. (2240 GMT), the country's Air Force said. At 5:30 a.m. the Air Force said on its Telegram channel that there was a fresh threat of attacks on Ukraine's east and southeast regions using ballistic weapons and issued air raid warnings for those areas. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Reuters, country's Air Force, Air Force, Thomson Locations: Russia, Iranian, Melbourne

☆ Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa port in 'hellish' attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Nick Starkov | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Children's bicycles are seen among debris in an apartment building damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Odesa, Ukraine July 19, 2023. The attack was "very powerful, truly massive," Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa military administration, said in a voice message on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. Most of Ukraine was under air raid alerts on and off starting soon after midnight on Wednesday, with Russia striking other places, including a drone attack on Kyiv. It was a much lower success rate than Ukraine usually reports for countering Russian air attacks. Telegram channels linked to Russian security services and Ukrainian media said an ammunition depot was on fire at the base after a Ukrainian overnight air attack.

Persons: Stringer, Serhiy Bratchuk, Odesa, Serhiy Popko, Sergei Aksyonov, Bratchuk, U.N, Stephane Dujarric, Russia's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Ron Popeski, Philippa Fletcher, Leslie Adler, Stephen Coates, Michael Perry Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, Kyiv, United Nations, Telegram, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Odesa, Crimea, Kyiv Ukrainian, Moscow, Russia, Crimean, ., Turkey, Kyiv, Kyiv's, Kirovske, Russian, Crimea's Kirovske, Africa, Asia, Ukrainian, Melbourne, Winnipeg

☆ Russia keeps air strikes on Kyiv as NATO meets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

According to preliminary information from Ukrainian military, there were no immediate reports of casualties or major destruction. The enemy launched another air attack on the capital," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters witnesses in Kyiv heard blasts resembling the sound of air defence systems intercepting aerial objects. It was not immediately known how many of the Iranian Shahed drones Russia launched and how many were intercepted. A night earlier, Russia launched 28 drones on Kyiv and the southern port of Odesa, with Ukraine's air defence shooting down 26 of the Shahed drones.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: NATO, Russian Federation into, Air, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Russian Federation into Ukraine, Ukraine, Moscow, Odesa, Vilinius, Melbourne

☆ One dead in drone attacks on Kyiv: Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A view of an explosion of a drone in the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 13, 2023. Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said the body of one resident was recovered when emergency services put out a fire in the capital's historic Podil district. These included gains near the shattered city of Bakhmut, captured by Russian forces in May after months of battles. Maliar said Ukrainian forces had contained attempted Russian advances on towns to the north and west. Ukraine said this week its forces had control of elevated positions allowing for direct strikes on the city of Bakhmut.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Serhiy Popko, Popko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Ron Popeski, Sandra Maler, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Pictures, NATO, Deputy, Reuters, Russian Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Podil, Bakhmut, Darnytskyi district, Shevchenkivskyi, Solomyanskyi district, Lithuania, Russia, Kherson, UKRAINE, BAKHMUT, Azov, Donetsk, Luhansk

KYIV, July 11 (Reuters) - Russia launched an overnight air strike on Kyiv in early hours on Tuesday, Ukraine's military said, just hours before the start of the NATO summit in Lithuania that is to tackle security threats from Moscow. "The enemy attacked Kyiv from the air for the second time this month, Serhiy Popko, a head of Kyiv's military administration, said in a post on the Telegram channel. According to preliminary information, Ukraine's air defence systems shot down all the Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched before they reached their targets, Popko said. Air raid alerts blasted over Kyiv for an hour and longer in other parts of Ukraine's east, according to Ukraine's Air Force. Reuters' witnesses in Kyiv heard blasts resembling the sound of air defence systems intercepting targets during the air raid.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Popko, Lidia Kelly, Himani Sarkar, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: NATO, Telegram, Ukraine's Air Force, Reuters, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Lithuania, Moscow, Ukraine's, Vilnius, Ukraine, United States, Melbourne

☆ Russian Forces Launch Overnight Drone Attacks on Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Cassandra Vinograd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces launched a wave of drone attacks on Ukraine’s capital before dawn on Sunday for the first time in nearly two weeks, according to Ukrainian officials. Air-raid alarms sounded around 2:30 a.m. in the capital, Kyiv. Serhiy Popko, the head of the city’s military administration, said that air defenses had destroyed all of the drones in Kyiv’s airspace. It was the first time in 12 days that Russian forces had used Iranian-made attack drones to target the capital, he said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. No one was killed, but debris from downed drones damaged three homes in the Kyiv region, according to the local military administration in a statement on Telegram.

Persons: Serhiy Popko Organizations: Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Kyiv, Russia

☆ Debris From Russian Missile Kills Three in Kyiv Apartment Building
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces fired more than 20 missiles at Ukraine’s capital in a predawn assault on Saturday that left at least three people dead. Moscow’s military leadership accuses Mr. Prigozhin of trying to mount a coup against Mr. Putin. Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv military administration, said air defenses had shot down more than 20 missiles around the capital but that falling debris had hit a high-rise building and started a blaze that destroyed three floors. As rescuers worked at the scene, Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said that there might be people under the rubble. Residents carefully stepped over the broken glass and building fragments that had scattered throughout the parking lot below.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Yevgeny V, Wagner, Mr, Prigozhin, Serhiy Popko, Vitali Klitschko Organizations: Interior Ministry Locations: Kyiv, Russia

☆ Three killed in latest Russian air strikes on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoJune 24 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed in Kyiv early on Saturday after Russia unleashed its latest overnight air strikes on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said missiles had targeted at least five regions across the country. Ukraine's military said air defences had destroyed 41 out of 51 cruise missiles, as well as two drones, launched by Russia in the assault. Moscow began stepping up regular air strikes on Ukraine in May as Kyiv's military was planning a counteroffensive, which is now ongoing, to retake Russian-occupied territory in the east and south.

Persons: Valentyn, Ihor Klymenko, Serhiy Popko, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, Serhiy Lysak, Oleh Synehubov, Ron Popeski, Dan Peleschuk, Sandra Maler, William Mallard, Toby Chopra, Frances Kerry Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, Interior, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro, Russian, Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Moscow

☆ Russia launches overnight air attack on Ukraine from east to west
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichJune 20 (Reuters) - Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine targeting the capital and cities from east to west as most of the country spent the night with air raid sirens blasting for several hours. "Another massive air attack on the capital," Popko said. Yuriy Malashko, head of the military administration of the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, said on the Telegram messaging app that Russia's raid targeted telecommunication infrastructure and agriculture and farming properties. The top military command said that Russia launched seven missiles in the attack on Zaporizhzhia, according to preliminary reports.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Serhiy Popko, Popko, Yuriy Malashko, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, General, of Ukraine's Armed Forces, NATO, Russia, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Lviv, Poland, Zaporizhzhia, Melbourne

☆ Russia launches air strike on Kyiv, city official says attack repelled
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Valentyn Origenko | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] An explosion of a missile is seen in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichKYIV, June 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Kyiv, with officials at the Ukrainian capital saying that air defence systems downed more than 20 cruise missiles on their approach. "All were shot down, there were no hits," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters' witnesses reported hearing several blasts that sounded like air defence systems while the city was under air raid alerts for more than four hours, starting soon after midnight on Tuesday. Falling debris hit road surfaces and damaged power lines to the trolley system in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district, the military said.

Persons: Gleb Garanich KYIV, Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Christian Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Kyiv's Desnianskyi, Dnipro, Melbourne

☆ Russian air strikes repelled over Kyiv, but hit regional airfield
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a fresh wave of air strikes against Ukraine early on Sunday, striking an airfield in a central region but failing to hit the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said. Air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told local television that four of six cruise missiles had been shot down by air defences but that two had struck an "operational airfield" near the central city of Kropyvnytskyi. He added that two of the five Iranian-made drones launched by Russia had struck infrastructure in the northern Sumy region. Kyiv officials said air defences had downed all projectiles that had been aimed at the capital before they reached the city. Separately, a 2-year-old girl was killed and 22 people were wounded in an earlier Russian missile strike on Sunday near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor said.

Persons: Yuriy Ihnat, Serhiy Popko, Gleb Garanich, Dan Peleschuk, Lidia Kelly, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard, Nick Macfie Organizations: Ukraine, Air, Telegram, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Sumy, Russian, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Ukraine, Melbourne

☆ Russia's air attack repelled on approach to Kyiv, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a wave of air attacks on Ukraine early on Sunday, with air defence systems repelling all missiles and drones on their approach to Kyiv, the capital's military officials said. "Air defence destroyed everything that was heading towards the city already at their distant approaches." Russia has repeatedly attacked Kyiv since May, chiefly at night, ahead of a long-expected Ukrainian counteroffensive to reclaim territory, in what Ukrainian officials say is an attempt to inflict psychological distress on civilians. Reuters witnesses reported hearing several blasts in the Kyiv region, but not in the city, from what sounded like air defence systems hitting targets. All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts for nearly three hours.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Rih, Kropyvnitskyi, Sumy, Melbourne

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