Russia and Ukraine launched more overnight air attacks on each other’s capitals on Wednesday, with two people killed as a result of the strikes on Kyiv and swarms of drones destroyed on their approach to Moscow.
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Falling debris from destroyed drones sparked fires in flats and buildings across three of Kyiv’s districts, killing two people in the busy, urban Shevchenkivskyi district, Ukraine’s emergency service said on Telegram messaging app.
Four children were among seven people who sustained injuries as a result of the drone attack on Kyiv that came just hours after Russia sent missiles to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram messaging app.
Five people were injured in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district that sprawls along the Dnipro River, the head of Kyiv’s military administration Timur Tkachenko said on Telegram.
Moscow’s key airports remained out of operation for most of the night after Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Russian air defence units destroyed at least 14 Ukrainian drones after 10pm on Tuesday, with no damage reported.
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