Head of Civil and Military Administration of the Ukrainian capital, Tymur Tkachenko, reported two fires in Sviatochynskyi district caused by the attack
The capital of, was the target of a combined attack of drones and missiles on a large scale on Friday (23), with explosions and machine gun shots heard throughout the city. Many residents were housing in underground subway stations. “Explosions in the capital. Air defenses have been activated. The city and the region are the target of a combined attack of the enemy,” Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. The attack left at least eight injured, two of which were hospitalized and the others received care at the scene, he added. The Night Russian attack, which extended until the beginning of Saturday, 24, occurred hours after Russia and Ukraine began a large exchange of prisoners, in the first phase of a deal signed on both sides at a meeting in Istanbul last week.
The head of the Civil and Military Administration of the Ukrainian capital, Tymur Tkachenko, reported two fires in the Sviatochynskyi district caused by the attack. Drone wreckage fell into a residential building in Solomianskyi district and parts of a missile fell in Obolonskyi district, he added. On Friday, two people died in Russian attacks on the southern port city of Odessa and three in Oblast (administrative region) of Kherson, also in the south. The Russian army, in turn, said Ukraine has launched 788 drones and missiles against its territory since Tuesday. Of this total, 766 were neutralized.
*With information from Estadão Content and AFP
