Ukraine characterizes Saturday’s drone attack as one of the heaviest attacks on Kiev.
Ukraine’s air defense says it shot down dozens of airplanes in Kiev.
According to the Ukrainian army, Russia carried out a large-scale drone attack on the capital of Ukraine last night. Russia attacked Kiev with Iranian-made Shaed-type kamikaze planes, the army says. The attack lasted six hours.
RBK-Ukraine according to which Russia attacked Ukraine with at least 40 drones. to Volodymyr Zelensky according to which Russia attacked Kiev with at least 71 drones.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klytsko says in a Telegram message that at least five people have been wounded in drone attacks. According to him, the parts of the fallen drone have caused material damage in one kindergarten.
It is estimated that Russia will aim to damage energy production with strikes ahead of winter. Parisata buildings are without electricity.
The president reminded of the Holodomor
President Zelenskyi reminded that the large-scale attack was carried out on the same day when Ukrainians gather to remember the country’s greatest national tragedy, the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine.
As many as seven million people died in the former Soviet Union as a result of the famine. The lack of food was especially severe in the territory of Ukraine.
According to the President of Ukraine, “Russia prides itself on being able to kill.” Zelenskyi wrote about it in his Telegram message. More than 30 countries consider the policy of appeasement implemented by the Soviet leadership to be genocide.
According to Russia, it was not a deliberate persecution of Ukrainians, but other ethnic groups also suffer from hunger.
Reuters