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Russia unleashes ‘massive’ air raids on Ukraine’s Kyiv


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Russia unleashes ‘massive’ air raids on Ukraine’s Kyiv


Kyiv’s air defences downed 40 Russian drones, with falling debris killing a 41-year-old man, officials say.



An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike on May 28, 2023 [Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

Published On 28 May 202328 May 2023



Russia has unleashed two waves of air attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing at least one person and wounding another, according to officials.

Kyiv’s air defence systems downed at least 40 drones moving towards the city in the early hours of Sunday, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, with falling debris killing a 41-year-old man and wounding a 35-year-old woman.

“Stay in shelters. The attack is massive!” the mayor said on Telegram.

The pre-dawn attacks came on the last Sunday of May when the capital celebrates Kyiv Day, the anniversary of its official founding 1,541 years ago.

The day is typically marked by street fairs, live concerts and special museum exhibitions – plans which have been made for this year as well, but on a smaller scale.

“The history of Ukraine is a longstanding irritant for the insecure Russians,” Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, said on his Telegram channel.

Several districts of Kyiv, the largest Ukrainian city with a population of nearly three million, suffered in the overnight attacks, officials said, including the historical Pecherskyi neighbourhood.

As the air raid alerts started soon after midnight, many people stood on their balconies, the Reuters news agency reported, with some screaming offensives directed at Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and “Glory to air defence” slogans.

With a Ukrainian counteroffensive looming 15 months into the war, Moscow has intensified its missile and drone attacks this month after a lull of nearly two months, targeting military facilities and supplies.

Waves of attacks now come several times a week.

In the leafy Holosiivskyi district in the southwestern part of Kyiv, falling debris on Sunday set a three-storey warehouse on fire, destroying about 1,000 square metres (10,800 square feet) of building structures, according to the mayor.

A fire broke out after falling drone debris hit a seven-storey non-residential building in the Solomyanskyi district west of the city. The district is a busy rail and air transport hub.

In the Pecherskyi district, a fire broke out on the roof of a nine-storey building due to falling drone debris, Kyiv’s military administration officials said on Telegram.

Over the past few weeks, reports of drone attacks in Russia have also multiplied, mostly in regions bordering Ukraine.

On Saturday, shelling in those areas killed two people, regional authorities said.

Moscow has blamed Kyiv – and its Western supporters – for the escalating number of attacks and sabotage operations, including on the Kremlin, but Ukraine has denied involvement.


SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES

7 comments:

  1. Russia keeps dangerously escalating and escalating this conflict with massive attacks including giant missiles against Civilian targets in Ukraine.

    WHY ARE LEFT WING WANKERS such as Consortium News completely silent about condemning Russia's reckless escalation ?

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    1. Why r yr f*cked western media so profoundly silence on Ukrainian missiles hitting civilian targets on Russian captured territories?

      Ooop… the civilian dead too!

      Maybe in yr f*cking mind, Ukrainian attacking arsenals can ONLY seek/destroy Russian targets.

      Ooop… my bad, Russian speaking Ukrainians r Russian simply bcoz they speak Russian & support Russia!

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    2. Two Russians were killed when a Ukrainian cruise missile was brought down over Russia.
      TWO !

      Russia's reckless escalations against Ukraine, with giant Ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, cruise missiles, drones have killed Thousands of Ukrainian citizens.

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    3. Wakakakaka…

      "have killed Thousands of Ukrainian citizens"

      Haven't u claimed that most of these Russian missiles/drones etc been shot down by those 'advanced' air defense system supplied by the west to Ukraine?

      Ooop… according to the Ukrainian press releases, most of the dead tolls on these attacks were in single digit!

      U tell lies or u r just contradicting yr own lies?

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  2. Ukraine's air defences have been getting better day after day.
    There were massive damages incurred back in December last year, when Ukrainian cities and infrastructure were almost defenceless against the onslaught of RuZian missiles and drones.

    Day by day, their sting gets less and less effective.

    There is no perfect defence.
    The statement by British leader Stanley Baldwin in 1932 that "The Bomber always gets through" is more correctly characterised today as "Some bombers or some missiles always get through".

    But Russia's costly and "unstoppable" Khinzals and Iskanders have been shown to be very much stoppable by the so-called "useless" Air Defences that the West has supplied.

    Russia's missile campaign is now showing fast diminishing returns on the missiles fired. The previous Scorpion sting is more like an ant bite.

    On top of that , Ukraine now has the organisation and equipment backup to rapidly recover their electrical power supply, so that their are no more prolonged power outages in Ukrainian cities.

    Russia's escalating missile attacks on Ukraine are a diminishing campaign.

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    1. Wakakakaka…

      Good on u to spread pro Ukrainian military propagandas - in yr wet dream!

      Ooop…. In the final count, ONLY the winning side can claim victory.

      Don't forget to tag yr fart when the winning count starts!

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  3. Is there some kind of mental health issues for a person to be so triggered by anything related to Russia in Ukraine? A segment of the Swede do has that issue...so is Lindsey Graham, a US senator.

    https://twitter.com/cmhkl1970/status/1662845449727016960?t=ycBnYj98tuoNBEhNTaI5BA&s=19

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65749077

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