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The attack – the fifth in May – came a day after Russia launched its largest swarm of drones yet in a renewed air campaign it launched 10 days ago after a lull since early March.
Military officials said there were no casualties in Tuesday’s attack and no major damage.
“As at the front, the aggressor’s plans failed,” said Serhiy Popko, the head of the military administration for the city of Kiev, in comments posted on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia celebrates Victory Day on Tuesday, one of its most important public holidays as thousands of people line the streets of Moscow’s Red Square to watch a military parade, scheduled for 0700 GMT, and to hear a speech by President Vladimir. put it in.
“Overnight on the (holy) 9th of May, they launched an offensive on the territory of Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app.
Popko said that Russian forces are trying to “kill as many civilians as possible on this day.”
Popko said Tuesday’s attack was carried out with cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea region.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said on his Telegram channel that the falling debris fell on a house in the Holosivsky district in the southwest of Kiev, adding that there were no injuries or serious damage.
In the often targeted Shevchenkivskyi district in the center of Kiev wreckage is found on the road.
“Kiev stood again and will stand in the future!” Bubko said.
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Ukraine’s military vowed on Sunday to stop Russian forces making a final move in a bid to capture the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, thus depriving Putin of his only prize in a costly winter offensive in time for the holidays.
The head of the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, said on Tuesday that Russian mercenary forces, which have borne the brunt of fighting Bakhmut, have yet to receive the ammunition Moscow promised, retracting comments made hours earlier that preliminary data showed supplies had begun to arrive. .
But Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said he did not want to “spoil” Russia’s Victory Day parade and would reveal more details later.
Ukraine is expected to launch a counter-offensive to retake territory in the east and south in the coming days.
This year’s Victory Day was even more emotionally charged as Russia mourns the thousands of soldiers killed in the nearly 15-month war in Ukraine that shows no signs of ending.
Russia has also suffered drone attacks, including one on the Kremlin on May 3 that it said was an attempt to assassinate Putin. Ukraine denies involvement.
He has repeatedly likened Putin to Ukraine war – which he described as a battle against the “Nazi” inspired nationalists – facing the challenge the Soviet Union faced when Hitler invaded in 1941.
Ukraine says this is absurd and accuses Russia of behaving like Nazi Germany by waging an unprovoked war of aggression and seizing Ukrainian territory.
Putin, his defense minister and other senior officials are expected to review the Red Square parade, which usually includes tanks, intercontinental missile launchers and marching troops.
However, reflecting the growing security concerns stemming in part from the drone attacks, the authorities canceled the traditional flyover.
There have also been reports of fewer soldiers and less military hardware joining this year’s parade because the conflict in Ukraine is taking a heavy toll in men and equipment.
Authorities across the country have canceled “Immortal Regiment” processions, where people hold up pictures of their relatives who fought against the Nazis.
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