Mass Drone Attack Hits Several Kyiv Districts

Published on December 22, 2023

More than two dozen Russian drones targeted Ukraine’s capital early on Friday, officials said, injuring two people and damaging residential buildings in Moscow’s latest overnight drone strike against Ukraine. It was the sixth such attack on Kyiv this month and part of a larger drone swarm aimed at parts of central, southern, and western Ukraine, the country’s air force said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that a drone had hit a block of flats in the Solomyanskyi district, south of the city centre, triggering a fire on the upper floors that was quickly brought under control....

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