Russia fired 31 missiles at Ukraine’s capital Kiev after 44 days, 13 people injured

Kiev. For the first time in 44 days, Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles in the early hours of Thursday in its first attack on Ukraine’s capital Kiev. Although the Air Force shot down all these missiles, 13 people including a girl were injured due to debris. went. The officers provided this information. Kiev administration head Serhiy Popko said residents of the capital were woken up by loud explosions around 5 a.m. as missiles were fired from different directions at almost the same time.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia fired two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles at the capital. The city administration said that an 11-year-old girl and another 38-year-old man injured in this attack have been admitted to the hospital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said eight other people suffered minor injuries. According to the Ukrainian emergency service, about 80 people have been evacuated from their homes to safe places.

Debris from the downed missiles set at least one apartment building on fire, burned several parked cars and left potholes in roads and a small park, officials said. Some roads were strewn with debris, windows were shattered. Went. The attack follows Ukraine’s repeated airstrikes on Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine in recent days. Russian President Vladimir Putin had threatened to ‘reply sternly’ to the attacks on Wednesday itself.

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