Four die in attack on Ukraine’s capital while drones hit Russia

18 January 2025, 09:44

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Russia Ukraine War. Picture: PA

Kyiv faced a barrage of drones and missiles early on Saturday.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles in the early morning on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead while Russian industrial targets were hit by Kyiv.

Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles according to Ukraine’s Air Force.

Ukrainian air defence forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones.

A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.

The four were killed after a shot-down missile fell over the Shevchenkivskyi district, said Kyiv city military administration head Timur Tkachenko.

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Emergency personnel following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

There was also falling debris in the Desnyansky district, he said.

Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said that in the Shevchenkivskyi district, windows were broken and there was smoke at the entrance of a residential building, adding that a water supply pipeline was also damaged.

Journalists at the scene saw a man lying dead amid the debris in a pool of blood.

Water flooded the streets as firefighters put out the blaze from the attack.

Klitschko also said the Lukyanivska metro station was shut down after the attacks damaged its glass entrance.

Drones and missiles were shot down across Ukraine, in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions.

Elsewhere, industrial sites in Russia’s Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze by Ukrainian drone attacks, local officials said Saturday.

Russia’s defence ministry said that 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed across the country overnight.

In the Kaluga region, a drone strike sparked a fire in the town of Lyudinovo, governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram.

Residents said on social media that the attack had targeted a local oil depot.

A fire was also reported in Tula region, where governor Dmitry Milyaev said a fuel storage tank had been set alight.

He warned residents to stay away from fallen drone debris.

No casualties were reported in either case.

By Press Association

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