kyiv claims to have shot down a missile and 18 drones launched by Moscow

Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses announced on Monday, December 4, that they had shot down a missile and 18 drones launched during the night from Sunday to Monday by Russia. In all, “18 attack drones and one Kh-59 missile were shot down”, detailed the Ukrainian Air Force in its morning press release. The southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv were targeted, as well as Ivanov-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky and Lviv (west), according to the army.

According to the Ukrainian army, drones managed to strike the districts of Kherson and Beryslav (south), on the banks of the Dnieper River, damaging a cultural center and a DIY store. Russia launches drone and missile attacks against Ukraine almost every night. kyiv accuses the Kremlin of seeking to terrorize the civilian population and destroy its energy infrastructure in order, like last winter, to plunge the population into darkness and cold.

The Russian army has also returned to the attack in eastern Ukraine since October, after the great summer counter-offensive by the Ukrainians failed to liberate the territories occupied by the Russians.