At night, the Russians attacked Kyiv with cruise missiles, "daggers" and "Iskanders"

Russia, after a break of more than a month, launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine, which led to great destruction in Kyiv. There are 13 wounded, including a child. Two more wounded in the region.

About ten Tu-95 MS bombers launched missiles over Ukraine, the Air Force reported. After 4 o'clock in the morning they reached the borders. Later, Russia hit Kyiv with "daggers", where cruise missiles also flew after the maneuvers.

The military reported 31 missiles shot down during the night attack. "The rockets came from the north, the main direction of the attack was Kyiv," the morning briefing said.

According to the Armed Forces, the Russian military used 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles launched from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch areas – Volgodonsk, Engels – RF).

In addition, according to the summary of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were two more ballistic missiles - "Iskander-M" and "Kinzhal".

As a result of successful combat operations, all enemy missiles were shot down in the Kyiv region, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk informed.

In the meantime, the Kyiv Military Administration reported that during the night, during the missile attack on Kyiv, air defense forces hit approximately three dozen enemy missiles.

The air alarm in the capital lasted for almost 3 hours.

During the night attack, the rockets flew around the capital in several waves and flew to the west, reaching Zhytomyr region and Rivne region.

However, some of them returned to the capital after the maneuvers.

Destruction in Kyiv and the region

In Kyiv, explosions were heard in many areas, mainly in the west and north of the city.

In several areas, rocket debris fell, fires broke out, and cars were damaged. There are casualties as a result of the attack.

According to Vitaliy Klychko, in Sviatoshyn district, rocket debris fell on the premises of a kindergarten, and there was a fire there. Debris also fell on a residential building in this area.

In the Svyatoshyn district, the shock wave also knocked out windows in two nine-story buildings.

Cars and an apartment in a residential building were on fire in the Shevchenkiv district. Residents were evacuated from it.

In the Podilskyi district, there is a fall of rocket debris on the territory of several enterprises.

In this area, a fire broke out in a transformer substation and in a two-story non-residential building after the fall of the rocket debris.

The roof of a residential building was on fire in Podil, the mayor said.

Rescue services are working.

The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhiy Popko, said that 13 people, including a child, were injured as a result of a missile attack in Kyiv, according to the latest data.

The mayor of Kyiv noted that two of them were hospitalized. Others were treated by medics on the spot.

"In particular, six people were injured in the Shevchenkiv district of the capital. Four - in Sviatoshynskyi," Vitaliy Klitschko wrote in his telegram.

There are no reports of casualties.

There is also destruction and injuries in the Kyiv region.

According to the regional authorities, two people received shrapnel injuries to their limbs and face.

Debris from air targets in several districts of the region damaged private houses, farm buildings and vehicles.

Previous hits

The last time Russia launched a combined massive missile attack on Ukraine was on February 15.

Then there were hits in Lviv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, missiles were shot down near Kyiv and Buch. The authorities did not report any casualties, only the wounded.

Since that time, the Russians have targeted individual cities with rockets or launched "shahedy".

Experts assumed that such a pause could be related to the downing of the Russian A-50U radar detection aircraft over the Sea of ​​Azov on February 23. Without him, it became more difficult to carry out such strikes, observers said.

The bloodiest was the missile attack on Odesa on March 15, when several ballistic missiles killed 21 people.

On March 12, 5 people were killed when a rocket hit a high-rise building in Kryvyi Rih.

People died in Sumy, Vinnytsia and other rear cities from the blows of the "shaheeds". In Kharkiv on March 20, 5 people were killed by rockets.

But during the night attack by "shahedes" and rockets on the night of February 22, two people were killed in Dnipro, and three in Odesa.

On February 7, the Russians launched a massive attack on Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, and Drohobych. Five people died in the capital then.

And during the attack on January 23, 12 people died in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Pavlograd.

In general, Russia began more active combined missile strikes from the end of December 2023. At first, with an interval of 4-5 days, but the last time the pause was about 8-10 days.