KYIV - Russia unleashed the “most important” assault by drones on Kyiv overnight Saturday to Sunday since the start of the invasion,Forty of the 54 drones launched targeted the capital, killing two people and wounding three.
“It’s the most important drone attack against the capital since the start of the invasion” in February 2022, the regional military administration said on Telegram.“According to preliminary reports more than 40 Russian drones were destroyed by air defence” systems over Kyiv, the administration added. A fire broke out in a warehouse zone sending flames shooting 1km into the sky and also injuring one person, the administration said.Near a petrol station in the Solomianskii area, a 41-year-old man died and a 35-year-old woman was wounded and hospitalised, said Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko.It was the 14th drone attack on the Ukraine capital by Russia this month, the authorities said, noting an unprecedented number in a single month after Kyiv had been relatively spared at the start of the year.
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