An air raid warning was announced in Kyiv on the evening of August 20

The siren sounded at about 23.05 because of the threat of enemy air strikes in the capital.

Kyiv residents were urged to stay in shelters.

“The air raid warning is related to the threat of using ballistic weapons!

Updated: Alarm cleared

However, already at 23.13 in the capital they announced a closure due to the threat of missiles.

At the same time, there is still an air attack warning in several areas, mainly due to enemy attack drones of the Shahed type.

Russian air strike on Kyiv

Let us remind you that in the last few days, Russian aggressors, during air strikes on the territory of​​​​​​​​Ukraine, have also launched missiles and kamikaze drones towards Kyiv. However, thanks to the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, enemy air targets cannot hit the capital.

So, for example, on the night of August 20 and in the morning, the guardians of the sky he managed to shoot down Russian missiles and drones with which the Russian Army wanted to attack Kyiv.

On August 19, the State Emergency Service reported that 60 weapons were found in one of the forest parks in Kyiv at the crash site of a Russian Kh-101 rocket.

We also wrote that on the night of August 19th in Kyiv region explosive sounds were heard. As reported in the Kyiv OVA, air defense forces operated on enemy drones.

And on the morning of August 18 The Russian Army attacked Kyiv with Iskander-K missiles. All enemy targets were destroyed by air defense forces and techniques. And before that the same night the enemy attacked the capital with ballistic missiles and Martyrs – Ukrainian air defenses were also shot down.