Ukraine’s Kyiv hit by drone strikes once more, air alert issued

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was attacked by a drone on Monday morning, the town army administration stated.

Kyiv,UPDATED: Dec 19, 2022 11:14 IST

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By Agence France-Presse: Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was attacked by a drone on Monday morning, December 19, the town army administration stated, and urged the residents to remain alert.

“The enemy is attacking the capital,” the administration posted on Telegram. “At the moment, nine enemy UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have already been shot down in the airspace of Kyiv.”

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It added that the Russian forces had been utilizing barrage ammunition from “Shaheds”, Iran-made weapons which have pummelled the capital in latest weeks.

The metropolis’s civil administration introduced an preliminary air alert at 1:56 am (2356 GMT) which lasted for simply over three hours. A second siren at 524 am (0324 GMT) was known as off inside a half hour.

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Dec 19, 2022