Quite the fireworks. Gepards and Skyrangers were beautiful tonight.
>**Russia launched multiple drone waves on Kyiv in one of its largest attacks on Ukraine since the war began, the city’s military administration reported on Wednesday.**
>The Ukrainian capital remained under air raid alert for most of the night.
>Ukraine’s air defense systems had destroyed over 30 drones by 6:30 a.m. (04:30 CET) on Wednesday, marking the seventh attack on the city in July, according to Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.
>It was “one of the most massive attacks on Ukraine with attack drones during the entire war,” Popko wrote on Telegram.
>“At this moment, according to the operational report at this moment, there are no casualties or damage in Kyiv,” he added.
>The overall impact of the attack is not yet known, and there has been no comment from Russia so far.
>Russian state news agencies, citing Russian fighters in Ukraine, claimed the attacks targeted several military airports and warehouses across Ukraine.
>Kyiv and much of central and eastern Ukraine were under air raid alerts from 21:00 CET on Tuesday.
>Air defense systems were activated several times during the night on the approaches to Kyiv and in the surrounding region, Popko said.
>Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram that the attack on the city came from multiple directions.
>Witnesses heard explosions multiple times during the night, which seemed to be air defense systems countering the attack, Reuters reported.
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Quite the fireworks. Gepards and Skyrangers were beautiful tonight.
>**Russia launched multiple drone waves on Kyiv in one of its largest attacks on Ukraine since the war began, the city’s military administration reported on Wednesday.**
>The Ukrainian capital remained under air raid alert for most of the night.
>Ukraine’s air defense systems had destroyed over 30 drones by 6:30 a.m. (04:30 CET) on Wednesday, marking the seventh attack on the city in July, according to Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.
>It was “one of the most massive attacks on Ukraine with attack drones during the entire war,” Popko wrote on Telegram.
>“At this moment, according to the operational report at this moment, there are no casualties or damage in Kyiv,” he added.
>The overall impact of the attack is not yet known, and there has been no comment from Russia so far.
>Russian state news agencies, citing Russian fighters in Ukraine, claimed the attacks targeted several military airports and warehouses across Ukraine.
>Kyiv and much of central and eastern Ukraine were under air raid alerts from 21:00 CET on Tuesday.
>Air defense systems were activated several times during the night on the approaches to Kyiv and in the surrounding region, Popko said.
>Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram that the attack on the city came from multiple directions.
>Witnesses heard explosions multiple times during the night, which seemed to be air defense systems countering the attack, Reuters reported.
>Source: Reuters