An attack by “Kamikaze” drones early on Monday rattled Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official.
According to Ukraine’s president’s office head, Andriy Yermak, kamikaze drones are hitting the city. In a statement, Yermak blamed Russia for the incident, saying, “The Russians think it will benefit them, but these measures look like desperation,” reports said.
The attack resulted in damage to several residential structures.
The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, stated in a message that a “fire in a non-residential structure” was brought on by a “drone attack.”
According to Kyiv, Moscow used drones supplied by Iran in recent attacks on Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and other Ukrainian cities. Kyiv pleaded with Western nations to increase their support in the face of the new threat.
According to reports, there were at least three explosions heard in the Ukrainian capital on Monday at about 6:45 a.m. local time as a result of what appeared to be Russian strikes. The Shevchenkivskyi neighbourhood in the heart of the Ukrainian capital witnessed one of the explosions. Emergency personnel have been dispatched to the area to address the problem.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has further intensified after a truck recently exploded on the Crimea road bridge, setting seven fuel tanks of a train travelling to the Crimean Peninsula on fire. The explosion, which also caused two of the road bridge’s spans to partially collapse, claimed the lives of three people.
Four years after Moscow occupied Crimea, President Vladimir Putin officially opened the Crimean Bridge in 2018. It was built to connect the peninsula to Russia’s transportation system.
The 19-kilometer bridge, which spans the Kerch Strait and links Crimea with Russia’s mainland, is made up of portions for cars and trains. In 2020, it was completely functional.