Two cruise missiles launched this morning by Russian troops were shot down over the capital. The passage of an enemy shell was recorded on the right bank of the city.
During a massive rocket attack by Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine on November 17, explosions erupted in Kiev. A flight of rockets was recorded on the right bank of the capital. The Telegram channels report it with reference to eyewitnesses.
The air raid alert was announced in the capital at 08:00. Almost an hour later, at 08:53 and 08:57, local telegraph channels reported that explosions had occurred in the capital. According to preliminary information, the work of the Air Defense Forces was heard in Kiev.
Journalist Andrey Tsaplienko at 09:26 informedthat on the right bank of the capital, in the Shevchenkovsky district, the flight of one of the missiles fired by Russian troops was noticed. Later he addedthat Iranian kamikaze drones are flying in the direction of Kiev. Tsaplienko too declaredthat at least three enemy rockets were registered in the Kiev region.
Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Oleksiy Kuleba informedthat air defense is operating in the region.
Already at 09:40 military administration of the city of Kiev clarifiedthat two cruise missiles of Russian troops were shot down over the capital.
“There is no data regarding casualties and destruction, the information is specified,” the ministry said.
Recall that in Ukraine at the moment in all regions, except Crimea, an air alert has been declared. In particular, in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Dnepropetrovsk regions Ukrainian air defense systems work.
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