Kyiv came under a massive, multi-wave Russian aerial assault in the early hours of Thursday, as Russian forces launched a combined missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, damaging residential buildings across several districts and trapping people under rubble after part of an apartment building collapsed.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia launched a total of 731 aerial weapons overnight – including 56 missiles and 675 drones – in what became one of the largest air assaults of the war. The main direction of the attack was Kyiv.
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The barrage came immediately after Russia launched nearly 800 drones during attacks throughout Wednesday, continuing a sustained bombardment campaign that Ukrainian officials described as one of the longest and largest coordinated assaults since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Ukrainian Air Force reports record Russian air strike
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia used Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, Iskander-M ballistic missiles, Kh-101 cruise missiles and hundreds of Shahed-type attack drones and decoy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched from multiple regions inside Russia and occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian air defenses – including aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups – reportedly destroyed or suppressed 693 aerial targets, including 41 missiles and 652 drones.
Officials said 15 missiles and 23 drones struck targets at 24 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell across 18 separate areas. Air Force officials warned that the attack was still ongoing Thursday morning, with additional groups of drones entering Ukrainian airspace.
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