Russia unleashes huge drone attack on Kyiv ahead of expected counter-offensive

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Russia unleashes huge drone attack on Kyiv ahead of expected counter-offensive
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🔴 Russia has unleashed a drone attack on Kyiv overnight killing at least one person as a Ukrainian counter-offensive looms Dozens of kamikaze drones were launched against the capital with 52 out of 54 shot down by Ukraine air defences, officials said

Ahead of the expected Ukrainian surge, the Kremlin has intensified air strikes after a lull – with 54 drones targeting the capital on Sunday morning

A 41-year-old man was killed and a 35-year-old woman was injured after suicide drone wreckage fell near a petrol station according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said the attack was carried out in several waves, and air alerts lasted more than five hours.

Speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, Andrei Kelin said the actions of Nato countries, “especially” the UK, risk lengthening and triggering a “new dimension” in the war. Witnesses said that the sirens started around midnight with, falling debris setting a three-storey warehouse on fire, destroying about 10,800 square feet of buildings in In the Holosiivskyi district in the southwestern part of Kyiv, Mayor Klitschko said.

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