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Series of explosions rang out in Kyiv: six people already injured (updated)

Jet-powered drones attack Kyiv as air defence operates

A series of explosions was heard in Kyiv. The city is under attack by jet-powered drones.

This was reported by Censor.NET.

Details

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that air defence was operating in the capital.

The Air Force reported that jet-powered UAVs were moving erratically over the capital.

Updated information

Later, Klitschko reported that UAV debris had fallen onto the roadway in the Darnytskyi district. Two people were injured.

Two cars were damaged.

The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that cars on the roadway had been damaged by falling debris during the enemy attack. A 12-year-old child was injured.

Updated information

In the Holosiivskyi district, according to preliminary information, drone debris fell on the grounds of one of the residential complexes. At another location in Holosiiv, debris fell near the roadway.

In the Sviatoshynskyi district, drone debris fell into the yard of a private residential house. A car was damaged. There was no fire, Klitschko wrote later.

According to him, medics hospitalized three of the four injured people, including a 12-year-old girl.

Later, the city mayor reported that six people had been injured in the capital. Medics hospitalized four of the wounded.

Background

  • Earlier, President Zelenskyy said that the Russians had found a new form of escalation involving jet-powered drones and did not intend to slow it down.