Kiev, huge Russian assault repelled in the course of the evening

(ANSA) – ROME, JULY 21 – Russian forces launched an enormous assault with 5 missiles and about 40 drones in opposition to Ukraine in a single day, however Kiev’s defenses largely repelled Moscow’s air offensive. All enemy kamikaze drones headed for Kiev have been destroyed as they approached the Ukrainian capital, the pinnacle of town’s regional administration, Sergii Popko, reported on Telegram. The senior official didn’t specify the variety of drones shot down, however famous that previously two weeks that is not less than the fifth consecutive try by the Russian military to assault the capital with drones. For its half, the Air Drive mentioned that final evening the Russians launched a complete of 39 Shahed assault drones, three Iskander-M ballistic missiles and two X-59/69 guided missiles on Ukraine. Ukrainian air defenses – deployed within the areas of Sumy, Poltava, Kiev, Chernihiv, Kherson, Dnipro, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odessa and Cherkasy – shot down 35 drones. As well as, in response to a press release printed on Telegram, the 2 X-59/69 guided missiles “didn’t attain their targets because of energetic countermeasures”. (ANSA).