Five Shahed drones shot down over Kyiv last night

Five Shahed drones shot down over Kyiv last night

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Last night Russian troops attacked the city of Kyiv with the Iranian-manufactured Shahed loitering munitions.

The relevant statement was made by Kyiv City Military Administration on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“The enemy continues to launch massive air attacks on Ukraine’s capital city. Following yesterday’s missile attack, which did not produce any results for the aggressor state, the capital city withstood an attack by Iranian-manufactured Shahed UCAVs last night,” the report states.

Five suicide drones were detected and destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces within the capital city’s airspace.

According to the preliminary data, one of Shahed drones hit an administrative building in the Holosiivskyi district. As a result, the building was partially destroyed, and windows were damaged in a residential house located nearby.

No casualties among civilians were reported. Information is yet to be checked.

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