(Kyiv) Russian forces shelled Kyiv again overnight from Thursday to Friday, the city’s civil and military administration said, according to which all the missiles were intercepted and destroyed.
“Another air attack on Kyiv, the 13e in a row since early May! And as always, at night,” the administration said on its Telegram account. According to her, cruise missiles were launched by Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region.
“According to preliminary information, all enemy targets in Kyiv airspace have been detected and destroyed,” she added.
In its daily morning brief, the Ukrainian General Staff reported 55 Russian air attacks over the past day, including 36 by explosive drones, and four missile attacks.
“An S-300 missile hit a dam in the Karlivka area of the Donetsk region,” the general staff said. “As a result, there is a great danger of flooding of the surrounding communities,” he added, adding that he had intercepted all the projectiles launched during the air raids.
In addition, in Russia, a “detonation” caused damage to a building in Krasnodar, a city near Crimea, without causing any casualties, according to local authorities quoted by the Ria Novosti agency.
A pro-Russian media, Readovka, published on its Telegram channel a photo of a building whose top floor and roof are damaged and blackened.
“The cause of the incident is under investigation,” Krasnodar Mayor Yevgeny Naumov said on Telegram, adding that the roof of a nearby building was also damaged.
In early May, Russia was rocked by a series of attacks and sabotage, including the derailment of two freight trains and a fire in an oil depot due to a drone attack. And on Monday, two armed groups claiming to be Russian attacked from Ukraine the Russian region of Belgorod, the most serious incursion since the start of the war.