Multiple blasts rock Kyiv as Ukraine reports ‘Kamikaze’ drone attacks

Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, was rocked by multiple explosions early on Monday in an attack by “Kamikaze” drones, an Ukrainian official said. Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office of Ukraine, said kamikaze drones were attacking the city. CNN reported that “The Russians think it will help them, but these actions look like desperation,” Yermak said in a statement, blaming Russia for the attack.

Several residential buildings were damaged in the attack. In a Telegram message, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the “drone attack” caused a “fire in a non-residential building.” Kyiv says Moscow has used Iranian-supplied drones in the strikes against Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities across Ukraine in recent weeks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge, CNN reported. 

At least three explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital at around 6:45 a.m. local time on Monday as a result of apparent Russian strikes, according to CNN. One of the blasts was in the Shevchenkivskyi district in the centre of the Ukrainian capital.