At the end of 525 days of the war in Ukraine, groups of Shahed aircraft from different directions penetrated the airspace of kyiv.
More than 10 drones were destroyed and the downed aircraft fell on the Solomyansky, Golosiivsky and Svyatoshynsky neighborhoods, causing damage to non-residential buildings and road surfaces, but no human injury.
Russian forces also launched Iranian-made Shahed explosive drones from the Black Sea into the Odessa region, a recurring target of attacks by Moscow troops since the grain deal expired on July 17.
The drones arrived from the Black Sea and then headed west up the Danube River toward Izmail, a key port from which Ukrainian grain is brought by barge to the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta for onward shipment.
The attack caused fires in the industrial and port facilities as well as a freight elevator was damaged.
Ukrainian media reported that the drones arrived from the Black Sea and then headed west up the Danube River towards Izmail, a key port from which Ukrainian grain is brought by barge to the Romanian port of Constanta, in the Black Sea, for further shipment, reports Reuters.
In addition, for the first time since the expiration of the grain deal, several foreign cargo ships arrived at the port of Izmail via the Black Sea on Sunday, Ukrainian media reported.
The attacks come a day after Russia announced that it had neutralized several Ukrainian drones directed against Moscow, the annexed Crimean peninsula and its ships in the Black Sea, reports Afp.
A skyscraper in a business district of the Russian capital was damaged in the attack for the second time since the weekend.
On Monday, Russia said it would step up its actions against the Ukrainian military infrastructure in response to drone attacks on its territory, which it blames on Kiev.
Groups of Shahed aircraft coming from different directions penetrated the city's airspace, according to the head of the capital's military administration, Sergiy Popko.
“All the targets – more than 10 drones – were detected and destroyed in time,” he said on Telegram.
The downed aircraft fell on the Solomyansky, Golosiivsky and Svyatoshynsky neighborhoods, causing damage to non-residential buildings and road surfaces.
The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed the fall of the remains of the drones in several neighborhoods that caused material damage.
“There are no deaths or injuries in the capital,” he said.
An Afp correspondent heard three explosions in the city around 03:00 (00:00 GMT).
In the Golosiivsky district, “parts of a drone fell into a children's playground” and a fire started in a non-residential building, the Kiev military administration said.
Previously, this administration had issued an alert for drone attacks and recommended that citizens hide in shelters.
Russian drones attacked port infrastructures in the Odessa region, in southern Ukraine, and the capital Kiev early Wednesday morning, causing material but no human damage, authorities said, reports Afp.
Russian forces launched Iranian-made Shahed explosive drones from the Black Sea into the Odessa region, a frequent target of attacks by Moscow troops, the Ukrainian military said.
“The obvious objective of the enemy was the port and industrial infrastructure of the region. The air defense forces worked non-stop for almost three hours,” he explained.
“The attack caused fires at industrial and port facilities and a forklift was damaged,” the army said, not immediately reporting any injuries.
Russian forces have multiplied attacks against Ukraine's port infrastructure on the Black Sea, especially in Odessa, from where shipments of Ukrainian grain used to set sail to sell to the entire world.
These bombardments gained in intensity when Russia on July 17 ended an agreement sponsored a year ago by the UN and Turkey that allowed the export of almost 33 million tons of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Since then, these products have transited through the small river ports on the Danube of Reni and Izmail, although these too have become targets for Russian troops.
The Ukrainian Air Force intercepted 23 Shahed drones over Ukraine overnight, according to its morning update, mostly in the Odessa region and in the capital Kiev.. Ten of the drones were directed to the capital.
Russian troops struck port infrastructure in Ukraine's Odessa region with Shaded drones overnight, the Ukrainian military reported, damaging a grain elevator and causing a fire at facilities that transport the country's crucial grain exports, according to the update. of Ap.
“The enemy's target was clearly the port facilities and industrial infrastructure of the region,” the South Ukraine operational command wrote in a Facebook update.. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out in industrial and port facilities, and a grain elevator was damaged.
All 10 drones fired at kyiv were intercepted, said Serhii Popko, head of the kyiv Municipal Administration.. During the night numerous explosions were heard when the anti-aircraft defense systems were activated. Drone debris hit three districts of the capital, damaging a non-residential building, Popko said.