Kiev (EFE).- Russia last night launched its ninth missile attack against Kiev so far this May, for which it used “probably cruise missiles” fired by Tupolev 95-MS and Tu-160 aircraft from the area of the Caspian Sea, reported today the Military Administration of the Ukrainian capital.
According to early reports, all the rockets were intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses, the source said.
After launching the missiles, “the enemy deployed its reconnaissance drones over the capital” of Ukraine which were also shot down, the head of the Kiev Military Administration, Serhiy Popko, said in the official note.
“The series of attacks against Kiev, which is unprecedented in power, intensity and variety (of the drones and missiles used) continues,” Popko said, adding that the exact number of missiles and drones used would be specified later. by the air force.
The remains of the intercepted missiles and drones caused a fire in the warehouse of a cooperative in the capital, explained the head of the military administration, who did not rule out that the rubble may have fallen on cars, residential areas or parks also in other parts of Kiev. .
Ukrainian civilian killed in Russian missile attack on Odessa region
A Ukrainian civilian was killed last night in the Odessa region and two others were injured as a result of a Russian attack with several missiles against this Black Sea coastal province in southern Ukraine.
“Last night the enemy launched an attack on the Odessa region,” the head of the area’s Military Administration, Yuriy Kruk, said in a statement on Thursday. “The attack was carried out using different types of missiles that were launched from different directions,” Kruk added.
The military chief also said that “most of the missiles were destroyed by the air defenses” of Ukraine.
As explained by Kruk, who published photos of a partially destroyed warehouse, one of the missiles hit an “industrial infrastructure.”