Ukraine Downs 5 Russian Ballistic Missiles as Kyiv Looks to Harden Air Defenses
Kyiv said its air defenses stopped the missiles as Russia targeted military manufacturing sites and other strikes damaged warehouses and a school.
- On Tuesday, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted five Russian ballistic missiles, marking the first time in two weeks Kyiv downed such weapons, though other projectiles struck the capital.
- The Russian Defense Ministry claimed it struck "military-industrial facilities involved in the development and production of various types of missiles and drones" in Kyiv and port infrastructure in Odesa used to store fuel.
- Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported fires in the Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi districts, while Ukraine's air force confirmed one ballistic missile and 25 drones struck 17 locations with falling debris in 10 locations.
- Meanwhile, Ukraine targeted Russian oil facilities, prompting the Russian Defense Ministry to report it intercepted 288 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, the illegally annexed Crimea, and the Azov and Black seas.
- Nine countries joined Ukraine on Monday in a coalition to build a shared ballistic missile shield for Europe, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended France's annual Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
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Russian forces launched a new "barrage of drones and ballistic missiles on Kiev, Tuesday morning, this being the fifth such attack on the Ukrainian capital only in July, on the backdrop of the escalation of Moscow's aerial bombings against Ukraine, writes Reuters. President Volodimir Zelenski said that the attacks damaged 16 targets in the capital, ...
President Volodymyr Zelinski said that the attacks had damaged some 16 sites in the capital, including a school and a commercial establishment, while local officials reported several fires in various parts of the city. Russia had also targeted vital infrastructure in central and southern Ukraine, adding that the attacks had injured seven people in the Kharkiv area of eastern Ukraine and three in the Chernihev area in the north of the country.
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CNN BrasilRussia launched a series of drones and ballistic missiles against Kiev in the early morning of Tuesday, the fifth such attack on the Ukrainian capital this month, as Moscow intensified its air strikes against Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks caused damage to 16 locations in the capital, including one school and one company, while municipal authorities reported several fires throughout the city. Russia also attacke…
The Ukrainian air defences shot down five of the eight Iskander-M and S-400 ballistic trajectory missiles launched by Russia against its territory this morning, according to the part of the attack published by the Ukrainian Air Force. Russia made 'full' of impacts on ballistic missile targets in the last three previous attacks against Ukraine carried out this month by Russia with this type of weapon, in which Ukrainian defences were not able to …
Russian attacks kill 7, injure 78 across Ukraine over past day as Kyiv comes under another ballistic missile strike
Explosions rocked the capital shortly after air raid sirens sounded at 12:15 a.m. local time. Sixteen sites were damaged, including a school and a civilian enterprise, but no casualties were reported in Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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