Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv on Thursday evening, with explosions heard across multiple districts of the capital as Ukrainian air defense forces engaged the incoming threat.
According to Telegram posts from Mayor Vitali Klitschko and city military administration head Tymur Tkachenko, missile debris fell in the Darnytsky district in an open area, with emergency services dispatched to the scene. A warehouse fire broke out in the same district.
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“The enemy is launching ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Stay in shelters,” Tkachenko wrote. Klitschko confirmed that air defense forces were “working on targets,” adding that debris locations were likely to be more than initially reported.
In recent weeks, Russia has regularly targeted Kyiv with ballistic missiles, with strikes increasingly difficult to intercept due to Ukraine’s dependence on limited PAC-3 interceptor missiles, produced in the US and Germany.
According to RBC-Ukraine, Russia launched more than 60 missiles at Kyiv on June 15, out of a total of 70 fired.
Shahed drones were also used against Kyiv, one of which hit the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, damaging five heritage sites and nearly causing catastrophic destruction to one of Ukraine’s most important cultural landmarks.
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