According to official statement by Ukraine's Air Force Command, the enemy attacked Kyiv region with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 attack drones. 35 attack UAVs were used, which attacked from the northern direction - Seshcha airfield (Bryansk region).
"All thirty-five "Shahed-136/131" were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of the "Center" Air Command of the Air Force, in cooperation with the members of the Defense Forces of Ukraine," the statement reads.
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In its turn, Kyiv City Military Administration reported that at least 30 of those drones were downed over Kyiv, causing damage to buildings and property and injuring five people. According to the administration, at least seven cars cars were damaged by falling debris in the capital and one more vehicle caught fire. A residential building was damaged and debris fell on a separate residential building, the roadway, and the runway of the Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany). In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, a diesel tank was damaged and fuel leak reported, however, there was no fire. Some 15 trucks and 5 cars in a parking lot were damaged as well as a high-pressure gas pipe.
According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko five people have been injured when drone wreckage fell onto the Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts of the Ukrainian capital. "Three people had been injured at the site of the explosion in the Solomianskyi district and one in the Sviatoshynskyi district," Vitali Klitschko wrote on his Telegram channel. Later, Klitschko specified that in the Sviatoshynskyi district, two people had been hospitalized.
Ukraine's Air Force Command also states that "around midnight, the russian occupiers attacked Odesa from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers". "A total of eight launches were made from the area of Cape Tarkhankut (occupied Crimea).
Some of the missiles did not reach their targets. The local military administration will inform about the consequences of the hits," the statement reads.
In its turn Operational Command South said that "the enemy launched a missile attack on the Odesa region from strategic bombers. Kh-22 missiles were directed at a warehouse of a food enterprise and at a recreation area on the Black Sea coast". the post said. According to the Command, rescue services are working to eliminate fires.
"There was no information about the victims. The information is being clarified," the Operational Command South stated.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine proved the attack of 35 Iranian-made kamikaze drones on Kyiv city.
At the same time, the General Staff added that continuing its tactics of terror, russia launched 16 missile strikes in the past day, particularly in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions. In addition, Ukraine also recorded 61 enemy airstrikes and 52 MLRS attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements. Unfortunately, there are dead and injured civilians, an apartment block, private homes and other civilian infrastructure were damaged.
"The probability of further Russian missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains high," the General Staff warned.
As Defense Express reported, on the night of May 4, 2023, russia attacked Ukraine from the northern direction (Bryansk region) and from the south (the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov) using the Shahed-136/131 drones. Earlier on Wednesday Night, the russians Carried Out a Massive Air Attack on Ukraine too, Explosions Were Heard in Kyiv, Dnipro, Cherkassy and Zaporizhzhia. On May 1, Ukraine Survived Another russia’s Missile Attack at Night Over Monday, Air Defense Downs 15 Out of 18 Enemy Missiles.
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