Kyiv Under Siege: Russian Drone Attacks Spark Fires Across The City

• Russian drone attacks hit Kyiv, leaving one person dead and causing fires across the city.

• Ukrainian air defense forces have intercepted more than 20 UAVs and a further wave of drones has been warned about.

• Kyiv’s military administration reports that over 40 Russian drones were downed overnight.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a wave of Russian drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital left one person dead and sparked fires around the city, officials in Kyiv said early Sunday.

Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitshko said Ukrainian air defense forces had “already intercepted more than 20 UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)” heading toward the capital and warned that “a new wave of drones is on its way.”

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The city’s military administration officials later put the number of Russian drones downed overnight at more than 40.

A 41-year-old man died in the city’s Solomyanskyi district following the attacks, while falling drone debris at a gas station injured a 35-year-old woman, Klitshko said.

A fire spanning 700 square meters (7,534 square feet) had been contained but buildings across an area of 1,000 square meters area were damaged, Klitschko added.

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In the Pecherskyi district, the historical center of Kyiv, falling drone debris also sparked a fire on the roof of a nine-story building, Klitschko said.

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