Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv and several other regions of Ukraine in the early hours of April 30 as authorities warned of a threat from Russian strike drones.
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the national air raid alert map, military officials detected the movement of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), prompting alerts in multiple areas along their projected flight paths.
The warning extended to the capital, Kyiv, where residents were urged to immediately seek shelter and remain in safe locations until the danger had passed.
At 3:22 a.m., officials announced that the air raid alert in Kyiv had been lifted.
The latest warnings followed a large-scale overnight drone attack on Odesa, where Russian forces struck residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure. According to local authorities, a five-story apartment building, a private home, a parking area, an administrative building, and a kindergarten were damaged in the assault.
Officials initially reported four injured civilians – two women aged 25 and 44 and two men aged 38 and 62 – all of whom were hospitalized. Later updates indicated the number of injured had risen to six following a second wave of drone strikes.