Russia carried out in a single day the biggest drone assault on town of Kyiv since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine 15 months in the past, Ukrainian navy officers claimed on Sunday.
Ukraine’s air protection system shot down 52 out of 54 Russian drones, Kyiv’s air pressure wrote on Telegram.
“It was distinctive in its density — the utmost variety of attacking missiles within the shortest time period,” Kyiv Metropolis’s navy administration wrote on Telegram.
Ukrainian officers famous that the drone strikes passed off on the final Sunday of Might when Kyiv marks the anniversary of its official founding 1,541 years in the past.
The large Russian assault comes as Moscow has intensified missile and drone strikes amid hypothesis of a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukraine’s navy command known as it the largest air assault since Russia launched its struggle on Ukraine in February 2022.
Kyiv officers mentioned the air strikes had been carried out by Iranian-made drones and passed off over a number of waves. The air raid alert lasted greater than 5 hours, they mentioned.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram {that a} man was killed and a 35-year-old girl was injured within the assaults.
Russian forces additionally carried out in a single day strikes within the Kharkiv area, killing two individuals, in response to the regional governor.
Senior Ukrainian officers claimed that preparations for the much-anticipated counteroffensive have began.
“It’s an ongoing means of de-occupation, and sure processes are already taking place, like destroying provide strains or blowing up depots behind the strains,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, instructed the Guardian.
