Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 21, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the nearby region for the first time in weeks on Saturday (11 November) and pounded the east and south of the country with drones, Ukrainian officials said.
Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said a Russian ballistic missile was launched toward the capital at about local time 8 a.m.
Strong explosions were heard on the left bank of the capital. According to preliminary information, the air defences worked against ballistic weapons, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
There were no reports of injured people so far, he said.
The attack came after a long period of calm in the Ukrainian capital.
Air defences downed a missile in Kyiv on September 21. The falling debris wounded seven people, including a child.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine had deployed more Western air defence systems, as it braces for a second full winter of Russian attacks on energy facilities.
Systematic strikes by Moscow's forces last year targeted Ukraine's energy grid, leaving thousands without heating or electricity in freezing temperatures for long periods.
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