Kyiv under fire: 14 injured with a massive drone attack!

Kyiv under fire: 14 injured with a massive drone attack!

In the night of Friday, Kyiv was hit by a massive air raid of Russian armed forces. Dozens of fighting drones and rockets were fired to the Ukrainian capital, which led to devastating damage and numerous injuries. Military administration leader Tymur Tkatschenko reported several fires in houses in the Solomjanka district. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, at least 14 people were injured in the attacks. The air raid, which has been classified as the largest since the beginning of the war, also affected other districts in which considerable damage to the infrastructure and vehicles were reported.

The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that the Russian military used a hyper -sheled rocket of Kin scarf in this attack. In addition, ballistic rockets and marching missiles were fired on Kiev and the surrounding areas in various waves. One main goal of the attacks was the Wasylkiw military airfield, which is located south of the capital. Air defense fire was heard for hours; A total of 270 floors were shot down, while 208 could be deflected by electronic measures. In the meantime, it has been known that the United States had stopped delivering certain weapons to Ukraine, which also burdens the security situation. [n-tv] reports that US media reported on these weapons stops, but the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense was not informed of any official change in the delivery plans.

reactions and international dimensions

The attacks were made shortly after a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump expressed that he was "not happy" about the ongoing war and that there was no progress in the conversations. In response to the escalation, President Wolodymyr Selenskyj in Denmark called for the need to strengthen the air defense. He emphasized that further arms deliveries and sanctions against Russia are essential to support the Ukrainian armed forces in the fight against the invasion.

The Russian attacks make it clear how serious the threat to the Ukrainian civilian population is. While Kyiv was hit hard, Russian agencies reported on the defense against 48 Ukrainian drones at night. In the southern Russian region of Rostow there was a fatal incident when a senior citizen was killed by a collapsed floor slab of a apartment building during a rejected Ukrainian drone attack. [ZDF] emphasizes that the pilot of an F-16 kampjet who was in use when the attacks were defended lost his life after his plane was hit. These developments show that the conflict situation remains tense and that both military and humanitarian challenges for Ukraine exist.