A Kyiv official said the capital city has not 'experienced such a powerful attack since spring.'
Russia unleashed a series of large attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday, including a barrage on Kyiv that city officials called the most powerful strike on the capital since the spring.in its ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces.
On Monday, Ukraine officials said its forces had liberated Robotyne, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region that was said to have played a tactically important role in Russia's defensive line. The settlement's liberation came after Ukraine's military—a village in the Donetsk region that was key to Russia's supply line—earlier this month.
Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said Russian combat drones targeted the capital city from various directions before cruise missiles were launched from aircraft during the overnight attack on Kyiv.A missile crater and private houses damaged by a missile explosion are pictured on Sunday in Ukraine's Kyiv region.
The Ukrainian Air Force said the nationwide attacks included 28 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS bombers, as well as 16 Shahed-136/131 drones targeting the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa, Mykolaiv and Zhytomyr regions. The air force said all 28 cruise missiles were downed by its defenses, as well as 15 of the drones.Read more
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