eight Russian missiles launched in the direction of kyiv were shot down, announces the mayor of the capital

kyiv targeted by Russia. Ukraine shot down eight Russian missiles flying towards the Ukrainian capital early Monday, December 11, the Ukrainian army announced. According to her, Moscow has started “a missile attack on the kyiv region”. These new bombings did not cause enormous damage or injure civilians. Four residents were treated by emergency services, including one for a shrapnel wound, she added on Télégram

According to kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who spoke on Telegram, “A missile fragment damaged a building under construction in Darnytskyi district“, causing a fire which was quickly extinguished, while another piece of projectile crashed onto a lawn. “No impact against critical infrastructure (…) has been noted” according to initial information, Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the military administration of the kyiv region, described on Facebook.

Furthermore, eighteen “Shahed” drones were launched by Moscow during the night from the annexed Crimean peninsula before being destroyed by the Ukrainian defense, “most of them in the Mykolaiv region” (south), advanced air forces from Kiev. Ukrainian authorities accuse Russia of preparing a campaign of systematic strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure in the middle of winter, as it did last year.