Ukraine Says It Repelled Russian Missile Attack on Capital
Ukrainian forces said they thwarted a Russian missile attack on the capital Kyiv where air-raid sirens sounded before dawn on Sunday (Aug 18).
Ukrainian forces thwarted a Russian missile attack on Kyiv, marking the third such attack in August. Drones targeting Kyiv were destroyed. No casualties were reported. Kyiv's military reported possible use of North Korean missiles.
"This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August with a clear interval of six days between each attack," the Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram after the early morning barrage.
Simultaneous to the missile attack, drones were spotted heading to Kyiv. "All enemy drones were destroyed far outside the city," it added.
No damage or casualties were reported from the attack, which the administration said had "most likely used North Korean ballistic missiles of the KN-23 type".
Concern has deepened after Moscow vowed a "tough response" to the recent Ukrainian advance into Russian territory.
Two-and-a-half years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv's troops last week launched a major counteroffensive into the Kursk region, sending more than 120,000 people fleeing.
Ukraine claims to have seized more than 1,100 sq km of Russian territory in the biggest attack by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his army was reinforcing its positions in the Russian region of Kursk with the operation "proceeding exactly as we expected".
On the other side of the frontline, Russian air defences destroyed five Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions on Saturday night, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
