Explosions sounded on Thursday evening in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where an air raid alert was activated.
Also last night, a loud explosion sounded in Kyiv as a result of the shelling of the Arsenal military complex. According to eyewitnesses, the sound of air raid sirens continued in the Ukrainian capital last night for 3 and a half hours.
Russia struck Ukraine again on Thursday, a day after it accused Kyiv of marching on the Kremlin.
On Thursday morning, the Ukrainian army announced that it had shot down 18 of 24 drones launched by Russia overnight.
The head of the military administration of the city of Kyiv, Sergei Popko, said that, according to preliminary information, “air defense forces over Kiev destroyed all enemy missiles and drones.”
Popko added that this is the third day of attempts to strike Kyiv in May. “There have been no such intense strikes in our city since the beginning of this year,” he added.
He said that fragments of drones fell on different districts of Kyiv, but there were no casualties.
Other cities in Ukraine came under shelling on Thursday, including the coastal city of Odessa in the country’s southwest, which was the target of “15 marches,” including 12 “shot down,” according to local government spokesman Serhiy Prachuk.
The city of Kherson, close to the Southern Front, which has been under a 58-hour curfew since Friday evening, was the target of “intense” bombing on Wednesday, in which 23 people were killed and 46 wounded, according to the latest official figures. published on Thursday.
The intensification of Russian strikes against Ukraine in recent days comes at a time when Kiev has announced the completion of preparations for the large-scale attack it intends to launch, and Russia and Crimea, which Moscow has annexed, have witnessed a series of large-scale strikes and sabotage operations.
On Wednesday, Russia announced it had shot down two drones aimed at the Kremlin in what it called a “terrorist” attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, while Ukraine denied any involvement in the attack.
