Ukraine says it shot down eight Russian missiles certain for Kyiv | EUROtoday

Issued on: 11/12/2023 – 08:52

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Ukraine’s air defence programs destroyed eight Russia-launched ballistic missiles at about 4 am (0200 GMT) over Kyiv, the Ukrainian air drive mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm particulars of the air weapons Russia deployed, though Reuters witnesses heard a number of explosions in Kyiv round that point.

Russia made no fast touch upon the assaults.

In practically 22 months of battle, Russia’s quite a few assaults on Ukraine have employed principally Iranian-made Shahed assault drones or cruise missiles, that are propelled by jet engines and might be launched from floor, air or sea and fly at low altitude.

A ballistic missile, or rocket-propelled self-guided strategic-weapons system, arches upwards earlier than descending in the direction of its goal, the US Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation says.

Four individuals obtained medical help within the Darnitskyi district within the southeastern a part of Kyiv, the capital’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, mentioned on Telegram.

A 21-year-old man obtained shrapnel accidents to his decrease limbs, whereas three ladies suffered acute reactions to emphasize.

Emergency companies despatched to the southwestern district of Holosiivskyi rapidly doused a hearth sparked when a part of a missile fell on the roof of a residential constructing, Klitschko added.

All the missiles launched have been downed, Ukraine’s air drive mentioned in an announcement, whereas air defence programs destroyed all 18 Shahed drones within the southern area that Russia had launched in a single day.

(Reuters)