Kyiv authorities report Russia’s kamikaze drones attack: 14 UAVs downed in a day

Russia’s military attempted an attack on Kyiv using Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones; Ukraine’s air defence managed to take down all 10 targets, says Serhiy Popko, head of the local city hall.

No casualties were recorded, Popko says. The debris of a UAV caused a fire in a non-residential building; the fire has been put out. 

Ukraine’s Armed Forces later reported that a total of 13 targets were taken down: 12 Shahed-136/13 drones and one reconnaissance and surveillance Granat-4 UAV.

Ukraine’s General Staff says Russia used 24 airstrikes, 12 missile strikes, and 15 Shahed-136 combat drones, of which 14 were destroyed by the air defence.

Russia last attacked Kyiv with Shahed kamikaze drones on 22 March. No damage or casualties were reported within the city limits, although a total of nine people were killed in the Kyiv region. Ukraine’s General Staff stated that Russia had used 21 drones in its massive attack, of which 16 were shot down.