At night, Russian drones attacked Kyiv, all targets that threatened the capital were shot down by air defense forces. Damage was reported to residential buildings, administrative buildings and power lines, with no casualties, KCMA reported on Telegram on Thursday, UNN reported.
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"Twentieth air attack on Kyiv in October! As with the last attacks, the Russian armed forces used UAVs again. The drones came at Kyiv in waves and from different directions. The air alert in the capital was announced twice during the night and lasted two and a half hours in total. All Russian drones that threatened Kyiv were neutralized by air defense and electronic warfare forces and means (the exact number and type of drones will be made public by the Air Force)," said KCMA head Serhiy Popko.
As a result of this attack by enemy attack drones, as indicated, debris fell in the Podilskyi district of the city, a fire broke out in an open area, which was promptly extinguished. Windows in two two-story residential buildings and one administrative building were also damaged.
Preliminary, there is information about damage to a high-voltage power line.
There was no information about the victims.
"If we summarize the results of October, it was a tense month for Kyiv in terms of enemy air attacks. There were 20 full-fledged drone strikes from the air. Out of 31 days, there was only one single day when the alarm was not raised in the capital. On average, Kyiv residents heard sirens twice a day. This is evidence of the constant, systematic terror of the peaceful civilian population of Ukraine," Popko said.
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