Ukraine’s air force said it destroyed 60 of 74 Russian attack drones and two of three missiles launched overnight. Meanwhile, EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war.
Ukrainian forces destroyed 60 of 74 Russian attack drones and two of three missiles launched overnight, the Ukrainian air force said.
“Aviation, anti-aircraft missile, electronic warfare and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces were involved in repelling the air attack,” it said in the social media post.
About 15 drones were shot down over the Ukrainian capital, said Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.
Drone debris damaged the windows and doors of an apartment building and caused a fire in a non-residential building, which was extinguished, Popko added.
Kyiv Regional Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said the drones caused no damage to critical infrastructure in the Kyiv region, and city and regional authorities reported no casualties.
Russia attacked energy facilities across Ukraine on Monday in airstrikes that Ukrainian officials said involved more than 200 missiles and drones. The renewed assault on the power grid has forced Kyiv to rely on emergency and planned power cuts this week to try to stabilize the system.
