(Reuters) -Russia launched a number of waves of drone assaults on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second evening in row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after a number of weeks of pause, town’s army administration mentioned.
“The enemy’s UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were launched in many groups and attacked Kyiv in waves, from different directions, at the same time constantly changing the vectors of movement along the route,” Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv’s army administration, mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
“That is why the air raid alerts were announced several times in the capital.”
Ukraine’s Air Pressure mentioned its air defence programs destroyed 15 of 20 Russia-launched Shahed kamikaze drones over Kyiv, Poltava and Cherkasy areas.
There had been no preliminary studies of “critical damage” or casualties, Popko mentioned earlier. He additionally mentioned that near 10 of the drones have been downed over Kyiv and its outskirts.
Cherkasy Governor Ihor Taburets mentioned on Telegram that particles “slightly damaged” 5 homes however no folks have been injured. Kyiv’s area Governor Ruslan Kravchenko mentioned an infrastructure object was broken within the area. There have been no casualties.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the studies. There was no instant remark from Russia.
Russia began finishing up strikes on Ukraine’s power, army and transport infrastructure in October 2022, six months after Moscow’s troops didn’t take over the capital and withdrew to Ukraine’s east and south.
Final winter Russia pounded Ukraine with tons of of missiles and drones, leaving tens of millions with out electrical energy, heating and water through the coldest months of the 12 months, earlier than easing the assaults in the summertime.
After a pause of 52 days, Moscow resumed air strikes on Kyiv this month. On Saturday, Ukrainian officers mentioned all drones heading in the direction of Kyiv have been destroyed however some hit infrastructure services elsewhere in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and different officers have warned that Russia would resume its large-scale bombardments of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure through the winter months.