Ukraine war: Kyiv fends off second Russian air raid in 2 days, ‘downing 37 missiles and 29 drones’
- Russia launched a new wave of air attacks on Kyiv with cruise missiles and drones
- It was the 15th air assault on the city in May and the second overnight attack in a row
Ukraine shot down more than 37 cruise Russian missiles and 29 drones overnight as Russia targeted military facilities and infrastructure in the second massive bombardment in as many days, Kyiv’s General Staff of the Armed Forces said.
Russia fired the missiles from strategic bombers far behind its border near the Caspian Sea, while the Iranian-made drones were launched from the north and south.
Russia is “trying to exhaust our air defences,” Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said on Telegram early on Monday.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko thanked defenders and said there had been no casualties or damage to the city. Ukraine said it also launched air strikes on Russian troops and weapons, including anti-aircraft systems and command posts.
However strikes hit a military facility in the region of Khmelnytsky in western Ukraine, the local administration said in a rare admission of military targets being struck.