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Kyiv attacked with ballistic missiles before air raid alert: apartment building hit (updated)
Loud explosions were heard in Kyiv on the evening of October 13, before a red-level air raid alert was announced.
Censor.NET reports.
Details
At 10:40 p.m., the Air Force reported a ballistic missile heading toward Kyiv, followed by a series of explosions. At 10:41 p.m., another ballistic missile launch was reported.
An air raid alert over the missile threat was issued a few seconds after the first explosions.
A red danger level was declared in the city, and the Kyiv City Military Administration urged residents to immediately move to the nearest shelters.
Update
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a nine-story building in Desnianskyi district was hit during the ballistic missile attack. A fire has broken out. Emergency services are heading to the scene.
The situation with US intelligence sharing
- On October 10, US outlet Axios reported that Donald Trump’s representatives, Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner, may have threatened to stop sharing intelligence over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. Witkoff, however, denied reports of such threats.
- On the evening of October 12, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Explosions were heard before the air raid alert was announced. The missiles hit civilian infrastructure.
- On October 13, Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine had received no intelligence from its partners about the launches during the previous day’s attack on Kyiv with five ballistic missiles.
- Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine continues to receive US intelligence.
