One Dead, Three Injured In Third Wave Of Russian Strikes On Kyiv

In the third wave of attacks from Russia on Kyiv, at least one person died and three were injured.

At least one person was killed and three got injured in the third attack on Kyiv in the last 24 hours. As per reports, debris falling from a destroyed Russian drone hit a high-rise building which caused these casualties and also led to a fire at a house on Tuesday. As per Kyiv military administration's post, the upper two floors of the building were destroyed and there was a possibility that people could still be under the rubble there. This attack comes after a rare daytime attack on Monday that sent people running for shelters. 

The Guardian cited Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko as saying that at least one person had died, one was hospitalised and two others were injured. He added that a 27-year-old woman was hospitalised with “moderate” injuries which were caused due to falling debris in a southern area of Kyiv. While adding that a multi-storey building was also damaged in Holosiivskyi district, he posted, "Massive Attack! Stay Indoors!"

As per the city’s military administration, the night-time attack was carried out with drones. Guardian quoted the administration saying in a later post, “In the last 24 hours, the enemy has already carried out three attacks. Moreover, the enemy is constantly changing weapons for attack, after the combined missile-drone, and then ballistic, the aggressor used UAVs exclusively.”

Air raid sirens echoed throughout the night in Kyiv, the central Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Mykolayiv regions, and the southern Kherson region, reported Guardian.

Russia launched a number of attacks on the Ukrainian capital in May, most of which occurred at night. The city was attacked twice on Monday as well, including a daytime strike. Tuesday marked Russia's 17th air assault on Kyiv this month. These air attacks come as the nation prepares a counter-offensive strategy backed with Western weapons to attempt to drive the Russians out of the territory which was seized since Moscow launched its "special military operation" in February 2022, reported Reuters.

Officials from Ukraine have expressed concerns that their Soviet-era anti-aircraft defences are running out of ammunition and that Western systems like the US Patriot are not arriving in sufficient numbers to fill the gap.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the work of Ukraine’s air defence forces on Monday, calling them heroes. In his video address, Zelenskyy said, "When Patriots in the hands of Ukrainians ensure a 100% interception rate of any Russian missile, terror will be defeated." He also shared a video of what he said, was frightened schoolchildren running and screaming down a Kyiv street to a bomb shelter as the sound of air raid sirens echoed. With the video, he wrote, “This is what an ordinary weekday looks like.”