Kiev accuses Moscow of having carried out, on the night of Friday November 24 to Saturday November 25, its largest Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, since the start of the conflict between the two countries on February 24, 2022. The Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday it had shot down 71 Shahed attack drones. “Most of them were destroyed in the kyiv region”, she announced on social networks. Five people, including an 11-year-old child, were injured during the offensive, local authorities in kyiv said. Follow our live stream.
Damage in the Ukrainian capital. The air alert in kyiv lasted six hours and falling debris from drones caused fires and damaged buildings, assured Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko. “The enemy continues to sow terror”, he lamented. The attack also caused large-scale power outages in the capital. “As a result, 77 residential buildings and 120 buildings in the central part of the city are without electricity”detailed the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy.
An attack at the time of the Holodomor commemoration. The attack comes as Ukraine commemorates the Holodomor, the famine caused in the country by the Soviets 90 years ago (1932-1933) and which resulted in the deaths of several million people. “More than 70 Shahed (drones) during the night of the Holodomor commemoration (…). Russian leaders are proud of their ability to kill”reacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks.
“Impossible” to forgive the Holodomor. The Head of State also reaffirmed that he was “impossible to forget, understand and above all forgive the horrible crimes of genocide that Ukrainians endured in the 20th century”according to a press release from the Ukrainian presidency published on the occasion of this day of commemoration.