Several fires broke out in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Wednesday after Russian drone attacks on the city, which, according to local officials, claimed at least two lives and seven wounded in the first hours of the new year. The Reuters and DPA agencies informed about it, writes TASR.
The state rescue service reported that two floors of a residential building in the center of Kyiv were partially destroyed. The debris of the downed drones caused damage to other buildings in two parts of the city, including one of the buildings of the Ukrainian Central Bank.
The Ukrainian military announced that shot down 63 of 111 drones during the nightwhich Russia launched on different areas of the country. According to the report, another 46 drones were disabled by electronic interference.
Fires in several residential buildings were also reported by authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye. According to local authorities, a 23-year-old volunteer died during Russian shelling in Kherson, also in the south of the country. “Even on New Year’s Day, Russia is only interested in how to cause pain to Ukraine,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to attacks on social networks.
