Dueling attacks on capitals: Russia and Ukraine say they repelled air assaults on Moscow and Kyiv

Authorities in Moscow mentioned the Russian capital was attacked by drones Tuesday. Individually, Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine‘s capital, killing not less than one particular person and once more sending Kyiv’s residents scrambling into shelters to flee a relentless wave of daylight and nighttime bombardments, Ukrainian officers mentioned.

“This morning the Kyiv regime carried out a terrorist assault with drones on targets within the metropolis of Moscow. Eight drones had been used within the assault. The entire enemy drones had been downed,” Russia’s protection ministry mentioned on social media Tuesday.

And Ukraine’s air drive mentioned on social media that, “Between 11:30 pm and 4:30 am, Russian occupation troops attacked Ukraine” with 31 Shahed drones, 29 of which had been shot down, “virtually all of them close to the capital and within the Kyiv skies” in Russia’s third assault on the capital prior to now 24 hours.

In Moscow, residents reported listening to explosions and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin later confirmed there had been a drone assault.

Sobyanin mentioned in a Telegram submit that the assault brought about “insignificant injury” to a number of buildings. Two folks acquired medical consideration for unspecified accidents however didn’t want hospitalization, he mentioned.

Residents of two buildings broken within the assault had been evacuated, Sobyanin mentioned.

Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the broader Moscow area, later mentioned a number of drones had been “shot down on the method to Moscow.”

There was no fast touch upon the assaults from Ukrainian officers.

It was the second reported assault on Moscow: Authorities mentioned two drones focused the Kremlin earlier this month in what was labeled an try on President Vladimir Putin’s life.

Within the assaults in a single day on Kyiv, one particular person died and three had been injured when a high-rise constructing within the Holosiiv district caught hearth. It wasn’t instantly clear what brought about the blaze however ceaselessly, the falling particles from drones being hit and the interceptor missiles have brought about injury on the bottom.

The constructing’s higher two flooring had been destroyed and there could also be folks below the rubble, the Kyiv Army Administration mentioned. Greater than 20 folks had been evacuated.

Resident Valeriya Oreshko advised The Related Press within the aftermath that despite the fact that the fast risk was over, the assaults had everybody on edge.

“You might be completely satisfied that you’re alive, however take into consideration what’s going to occur subsequent,” the 39-year-old mentioned.

Oksana, who solely gave her first title, mentioned the entire constructing shook when it was hit.

“Go to shelters, since you actually have no idea the place it (the drone) will fly,” she suggested others. “We maintain on.”

Elsewhere within the capital, falling particles brought about a fireplace in a non-public home within the Darnytskyi district and three vehicles had been set alight within the Pechersky district, based on the army administration.

The sequence of assaults that started Sunday included a uncommon daylight assault Monday that left puffs of white smoke within the blue skies.

On that day, Russian forces fired 11 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv at about 11:30 a.m., based on Ukraine’s chief of workers, Valerii Zaluzhnyi. All of them had been shot down, he mentioned.

Particles from the intercepted missiles fell in Kyiv’s central and northern districts through the morning, touchdown in the midst of site visitors on a metropolis highway and likewise beginning a fireplace on the roof of a constructing, the Kyiv army administration mentioned. At the least one civilian was reported damage.

The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned it launched a sequence of strikes early Monday concentrating on Ukrainian air bases with precision long-range air-launched missiles. The strikes destroyed command posts, radars, plane and ammunition stockpiles, it claimed. It did not say something about hitting cities or different civilian areas.

Oleksandr Ruvin, Kiyv’s chief forensic investigator, advised CBS Information that as Ukraine prepares for a looming counteroffensive, Russia seems to be concentrating on his nation’s air protection community, and people assaults have develop into extra frequent. 

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