During the night, the Russians launched a combined missile and drone strike on Ukraine using strike UAVs, ballistic, cruise and aeroballistic missiles.
Around Kyiv, the Air Defense Forces since the beginning of this day, August 27, destroyed about 15 Russian attack drones and several missiles. This was reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration.
As KGVA head Sergei Popko said, at night the Russians launched a combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine using strike UAVs, ballistic, cruise and aeroballistic missiles. In Kyiv, the air raid alert was announced 4 times from the beginning of the day and lasted a total of more than 5 hours.
According to him, initially the air raid was associated with an attack by enemy drones, temporarily of the Shahed type. The drones approached the city in waves and from different directions. Around 3 am, the Russians scrambled several MiG-31K aircraft, which fired Kinzhal missiles over the Kyiv region in the direction of western Ukraine.
“Several enemy Tu-95MS strategic bombers approximately simultaneously, Kh-101 cruise missiles from these sides attacked Kyiv around 5 am. of KGVA.
He added that in total, since the beginning of this day, the air defense forces and means have destroyed about one and a half dozen attack drones and several missiles around Kyiv.
“Everything that flew into the capital of Ukraine was destroyed,” said Popko.
As a result of the Russian attack, falling debris was recorded in forested areas of the Dnieper and Desnyansky districts, resulting in fires on the forest floor. Some have been removed, others have been localized. Operational service works on site. No casualties were reported. There was no destruction in the capital.
We remind you that at night the Russians launched a new mass attack on Ukraine. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Vinnitsa and Khmelnytsky regions.
As reported, three people were injured as a result of the Russian attack yesterday in the Kyiv region.
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Source: korrespondent
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