Russia hammers Ukraine with 550 missiles and Shahed drones overnight; 23 people injured in Kyiv

Waves of drone and rocket attacks targeted Kyiv overnight into Friday successful the largest aerial onslaught since Russia's warfare successful Ukraine began, injuring 23 radical and inflicting harm crossed aggregate districts of the capital.

Russia launched 550 drones and missiles crossed Ukraine overnight, the country’s Air Force said. The bulk were Shahed drones, portion Russia utilized 11 missiles successful the attack.

Throughout the night, Associated Press journalists successful Kyiv heard the changeless buzzing of drones overhead and the dependable of explosions and aggravated instrumentality weapon occurrence arsenic Ukrainian forces tried to intercept the aerial assault.

Kyiv was the superior people of the attack. At slightest 23 radical were injured, with 14 hospitalised, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

Ukrainian aerial defences changeable down 270 targets, including 2 cruise missiles. Another 208 targets were mislaid from radar and presumed jammed.

Russia successfully deed 8 locations with 9 missiles and 63 drones. Debris from intercepted drones fell crossed astatine slightest 33 sites.

The onslaught came hours aft President Donald Trump held a telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and made his archetypal nationalist comments connected his administration's determination to intermission immoderate shipments of weapons to Ukraine.

That determination affects munitions, including Patriot missiles, the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air rocket and shorter-range Stinger missiles. They are needed to antagonistic incoming missiles and drones, and to bring down Russian aircraft.

It's been little than a week since Russia's erstwhile largest aerial battle of the war. Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia fired 537 drones, decoys and 60 missiles successful that attack.

Emergency services reported harm successful astatine slightest 5 of the capital's 10 districts. In Solomianskyi district, a five-story residential gathering was partially destroyed and the extortion of a seven-story gathering caught fire. Fires besides broke retired astatine a warehouse, a store analyzable and an car repair facility.

In Sviatoshynskyi district, a onslaught deed a 14-story residential building, sparking a fire. Several vehicles besides caught occurrence nearby. Blazes were besides reported astatine non-residential facilities.

In Shevchenkivskyi district, an eight-story gathering came nether attack, with the archetypal level sustaining damage. Falling debris was recorded successful Darnytskyi and Holosiivskyi districts.

Ukraine’s nationalist railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, said drone strikes damaged obstruction infrastructure successful Kyiv.