At least five large explosions have occurred in Kyiv, once more the capital of Ukraine. T
hey are thought to have been caused by kamikaze drones.
Several explosions occurred early on Monday, October 17. n the same part of Kyiv’s city centre where Russian missiles had struck just one week earlier.
According to reporters in the city, the explosions began to be heard this morning at about 7 a.m. local time (4 a.m. GMT).
At 8:10 a.m. local time, the most recent explosion was audible (5.10am GMT).
Mayor of Kyiv
Vitaliy Klichko, the mayor of Kyiv. Issued a warning that the capital’s Shevchenko area had been hit and pleaded with the populace to seek refuge.
Once more, Two of the drones from this morning are believed to have struck vital energy-related equipment. No other information was immediately available.
Pictures of the large fires and clouds of black smoke billowing into the early sky in the wake of the alleged air attack have been shared on social media.
In a post on the social media platform Telegram, Andrii Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Zelensky’s office. Claimed that Russian forces were responsible for the second Iranian Shahed drone attack on Kyiv.
He added that rescue personnel were currently on the spot and urged locals to remain in air raid shelters.
Additionally, Mr. Yermak indicated that Ukraine “as quickly as possible” required more air defence systems.
It reveals their desperation, “Yermak continued.
Once more, russian attack
The Russians are erasing the liberated communities from the face of the earth with tanks, artillery, and anti-aircraft fire, according to a post sent on Telegram this morning by Serhai Haidai. The governor of Luhansk in Ukraine.
The occupants are constructing trenches and laying concrete cubes throughout the Luhansk region, he continued. In preparation for a prolonged defence.
One of the areas of Ukraine that Russia has occupied is Luhansk.
Once more,So-called suicide drones have been used by Russia in recent weeks to attack metropolitan areas. Including power plants, in Ukraine.
Just last week, airstrikes by Russian missiles in the same Shevchenkivskiy neighbourhood resulted in 19 fatalities and more than 100 injuries.
Other cities, like Zhytomyr, Khmelnitsky, Dnipro, and Ternopil, had reportedly heard explosions.
Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that these attacks were in retribution for a crucial bridge that connected Russia to the annexed Crimea being bombed, which he attributed to Ukraine.
Russian defence ministry
According to the Russian defence ministry, their soldiers stopped Ukrainian forces in their tracks in the districts of Donetsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv, suffering what it called “major losses” from the adversary. The ministry asserts that three M777 howitzers built in the US were destroyed by Russian forces in the Kharkiv region of northern Ukraine. The government in Donetsk, the capital of the Donetsk region, claims that the administration building was damaged by Ukrainian troops’ bombardment. The Ukraine did not immediately respond to the incident. At least 11 people have been killed and 15 others have been injured when gunmen opened fire at a Russian military training facility in Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claimed that Russia “acts insidiously” after drone assaults on Kyiv that left four people dead.
In a Telegram post, he claimed that once more Russia had killed civilians, destroyed homes, and damaged infrastructure.
“Today, four people have already died as a result of the occupiers’ attack on a residential building in Kiev,” he stated. A young family with a child on the way is one of them.
Russia has resumed its attacks on Kyiv for the second week in a row, aiming at both infrastructure and residential buildings in what appears to be an effort to destabilise Ukrainian energy supplies before winter.
Zelenskyy declared, “Ukraine will win, and terror must and will lose. and will prosecute every Russian terrorist. Including leaders and soldiers, who followed unlawful orders.
President Zelensky
According to President Zelensky. Russia allegedly launched drone and missile attacks across Ukraine “all night and all morning” in an effort to “terrify” Ukrainians. Authorities report that four people, including a pregnant mother, have died after “kamikaze drones” struck Kyiv. And according to the governor of the northeastern Sumy area. Four people have been killed as a result of a rocket attack. After buildings were destroyed, there was frantic rescue activity taking place in Kyiv’s centre, according to our journalist Paul Adams. As anti-aircraft batteries attempted to shoot down the drones in the morning, the city’s streets echoed with gunfire. A week ago, a wave of Russian missile attacks on the city resulted in at least 19 fatalities. Since then,once more, Russia has used more drones produced in Iran to attack vital civilian facilities.
Rescuers are still looking for survivors in the rubble of an apartment building that partially collapsed during this morning’s attack in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi neighbourhood.
There are numerous firefighters and emergency personnel on the scene, and the street has been closed off.
Following the discovery of a man’s body, there are now four confirmed deaths in this location. One of the victims is an expectant mother.
Last note
The offices of Ukraine’s energy business were also damaged across the street.
The goal of the attack, which used so-called kamikaze attack drones that Iran had given to Russia, was likely the plant.
According to Kiev, Moscow is destroying important infrastructure in advance of winter as a way of retaliating for military setbacks on the battlefield.
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor. Claimed that only five of the 28 drones that were fired towards the capital actually reached their intended objectives.
To avoid deploying long-range precision missions, Russia has escalated the employment of this weapon in strikes across the nation.
Ukraine claims once more that it needs more assistance to strengthen its air defences.
Meanwhile, locals claim they are not afraid. They are furious.
