Kyiv's city officials write on Telegram that all missiles directed at the capital were destroyed.
Ukrainian air defense crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, May 1, the military said, as air raid sirens blared across the country for more than three hours.
“Around 2:30 am , the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes,” a post on the Telegram channel of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, read.Kyiv’s city officials wrote on the Telegram messaging app that all missiles directed at the capital were destroyed.
“According to , no casualties among the civilian population and no destruction of residential facilities or infrastructure have been recorded,” the city administration said. Air defense systems were also called into action to shield the Kyiv region, which is a separate administrative entity from the city, from Russian missiles, officials said.Russia has intensified its missile attacks on Ukraine in the past few days. Reuters was unable to independently verify reports of the latest blasts.
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