Russian drone barrage causes power cuts in Kyiv in another night of attacks
Kyiv was on Monday hit by another barrage of Iranian-made drones that damaged energy facilities and caused power cuts, a day after Russia launched “happy new year” strikes on the capital.
Sirens wailed as residents were alert to the threat from above throughout the night. “It is loud in the region and in the capital: night drone attacks,” Kyiv Governor Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on Telegram. “Russians launched several waves of Shahed drones. Targeting critical infrastructure facilities. Air defence is at work.”Read More : Russian strikes intensify as Ukrainians return for holiday Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said the strikes had caused “emergency power outages in the city”. Earlier, he said, one person was wounded by shrapnel from a drone that hit a road and damaged a building in a north-eastern district of the capital.
The attack came a day after Moscow bombarded Ukraine with a wave of drones, including at least one inscribed with the message “Happy New Year”.
Photos of the wreckage of the unmanned vehicle were posted online by Andriy Nebytov, Kyiv’s police chief. The drone also featured drawings of a wrapped gift and a bauble with the word “boom” on it.
Sirens wailed as residents were alert to the threat from above throughout the night. “It is loud in the region and in the capital: night drone attacks,” Kyiv Governor Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on Telegram. “Russians launched several waves of Shahed drones. Targeting critical infrastructure facilities. Air defence is at work.”
The attack came a day after Moscow bombarded Ukraine with a wave of drones, including at least one inscribed with the message “Happy New Year”.
Photos of the wreckage of the unmanned vehicle were posted online by Andriy Nebytov, Kyiv’s police chief. The drone also featured drawings of a wrapped gift and a bauble with the word “boom” on it.
Source: www.thenationalnews.com
