On the night of May 13, 2023, russia attacked Ukraine with the Shahed-136/131 and Lancet drones, and used the Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV, 21 in total.
“It is the sixth air attack on the capital since the beginning of May! This time the enemy carried out the attack using exclusively unmanned aerial vehicles. During the last air alert, which lasted 2.5 hours in Kyiv, according to preliminary data, the Shahed-136/131 drones were detected. All enemy drones moving towards Kyiv were successfully destroyed! Thank you, air defense!” Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, reported.
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Serhiy Popko adds that there is no reports of destruction or injuries in Kyiv and the data are being updated.
The mayor of Khmelnytskyi, Oleksandr Symchyshyn, reported that the critical infrastructure in the region was damaged. Moreover, educational institutions, medical facilities, administrative buildings, industrial facilities, multi-story and individual residential buildings were damaged by the shock waves.
A five-story residential building was damaged and a two-story building at an enterprise was destroyed in Mykolaiv. Fires broke out on both objects as a result of the shelling, which were promptly eliminated by the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region. Three people were injured, according to Vitalii Kim, the head of Mykolaiv City Military Administration, reported.
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