Russia fires drones and missiles at Kyiv as kids return to school
Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours. Debris from intercepted missiles and drones fell in every district of Kyiv, injuring three people and damaging two kindergartens, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said.
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Firefighters extinguish a fire after a rocket hit a building of a higher education institution in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. PHOTO:AP
Kyiv, 2 Sep
Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise
and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said on Monday, as children
prepared their return to school across the country after the summer vacation.
Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in
the early hours. Debris from intercepted missiles and drones fell in every
district of Kyiv, injuring three people and damaging two kindergartens,
Ukraine's Interior Ministry said. City authorities reported multiple fires.
After more than 900 days of war, the two sides show no sign
of letting up in the fight or moving closer to the negotiating table. The two
sides are pursuing ambitious ground offensives, with the Ukrainians driving
into Russia's Kursk region and the Russian army pushing deeper into the Donetsk
region of eastern Ukraine.
Both sides are battering each other with regular long-range
drone and missile strikes, sometimes launching more than 100 weapons in aerial
attacks that suggest they are still pouring resources into weapon production.
Russian air defences intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones during
the night from Saturday to Sunday, including two over Moscow and nine over the
surrounding region, the Defence Ministry said.
The Uk Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Russian forces
accelerated their advance on they key Donetsk stronghold Povkrosk over the past
week and are likely within 10 kilometers (6 miles) of the city.
Elsewhere along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line
there have been no significant changes, it said.
Russia launched 35 missiles of various types and 26 Shahed
drones at Ukraine on the night from Sunday to Monday, the Ukrainian air force
said. Nine ballistic missiles, 13 cruise missiles and 20 drones were downed, it
said.
Residents of the capital hurried into the city's bomb
shelters.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said emergency services were
called to the Holosiivskyi and Solomianskyi districts. One person was
reportedly injured by falling debris in the Shevchenkivskyi district, Klitschko
said.
“There will be an answer for everything. The enemy will feel
it,” the head of the presidential office, Andrii Yermak, posted on his Telegram
page following the attack.
An explosion also rang out in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, according to Ukrainian media. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region, confirmed an early morning strike on Kharkiv's Industrialnyi district and said it set a residential building and several others on fire. -AP
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