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Mifumo ya usalama wa anga za Kyiv ziko salama na imara kama siku zote....
Russian forces carried out overnight drone attacks on Kyiv, officials said on Thursday, continuing a monthlong campaign of air strikes against the Ukrainian capital.
Military chiefs said Kyiv's air defenses destroyed all 36 drones during the three-hour air attack, the 12th this month.
Serhiy Popko, head of the city's military administration, said in a message on Telegram that Russia "again attacked Kyiv from the air."
"The attack was massive," the statement added. "The enemy continues to use attack tactics in several waves, with intervals between groups of attacking drones."
He added that "all detected air targets moving in the direction of Kyiv were destroyed" by Ukrainian air defense systems.
The attacks were carried out using Iranian-made Shahed drones, the statement added, citing preliminary information.
In his nightly video address on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Iranians to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia in order to stop their slide into "the dark side of history."
"The simple question is this: what is your interest in being an accomplice to Russian terror?" Zelenskyy said in his address.
"What is the benefit to Iran of such cynical killing? By Russian hands, but with your weapons," he added. "Your Shaheds, which terrorize Ukraine every night, mean only that the people of Iran are being driven deeper and deeper into the dark side of history."
Iranian-made Shahed drones supplied to Moscow have played a major role in Russia's attacks on cities and infrastructure, although Zelenskyy said Kyiv's air defenses were now skilled at downing them. He said about 900 of 1,160 drones aimed at Ukrainian targets were shot down.
Russia has boosted its military cooperation with Iran since invading its neighbor in February 2022. Iran initially denied supplying Shahed drones to Russia but later said it had provided a small number before the conflict began.
Russian forces carried out overnight drone attacks on Kyiv, officials said on Thursday, continuing a monthlong campaign of air strikes against the Ukrainian capital.
Military chiefs said Kyiv's air defenses destroyed all 36 drones during the three-hour air attack, the 12th this month.
Serhiy Popko, head of the city's military administration, said in a message on Telegram that Russia "again attacked Kyiv from the air."
"The attack was massive," the statement added. "The enemy continues to use attack tactics in several waves, with intervals between groups of attacking drones."
He added that "all detected air targets moving in the direction of Kyiv were destroyed" by Ukrainian air defense systems.
The attacks were carried out using Iranian-made Shahed drones, the statement added, citing preliminary information.
In his nightly video address on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Iranians to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia in order to stop their slide into "the dark side of history."
"The simple question is this: what is your interest in being an accomplice to Russian terror?" Zelenskyy said in his address.
"What is the benefit to Iran of such cynical killing? By Russian hands, but with your weapons," he added. "Your Shaheds, which terrorize Ukraine every night, mean only that the people of Iran are being driven deeper and deeper into the dark side of history."
Iranian-made Shahed drones supplied to Moscow have played a major role in Russia's attacks on cities and infrastructure, although Zelenskyy said Kyiv's air defenses were now skilled at downing them. He said about 900 of 1,160 drones aimed at Ukrainian targets were shot down.
Russia has boosted its military cooperation with Iran since invading its neighbor in February 2022. Iran initially denied supplying Shahed drones to Russia but later said it had provided a small number before the conflict began.
