The month of May ends as it began, in Ukraine. kyiv was again hit by explosive drones and missiles overnight from Sunday to Monday, according to military authorities. This is the 15th attack of its kind on the capital since the beginning of the month.
“Last night, the occupiers attacked military sites and those of critical infrastructure of Ukraine” by launching “up to 40 cruise missiles” from planes over the Caspian and “about 35 drones” from the North and South, detailed the civil and military administration of Kiev on Telegram.
The roof of a building was damaged by falling debris, according to the same source, who also posted a photo of a hole in what appears to be a corrugated iron roof. “There are no dead or injured,” kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
Maintain “psychological tension”
This attack was carried out using cruise missiles launched by TU-95MS strategic bombers and explosive drones, she clarified. Air defense intercepted 37 Russian cruise missiles and 29 combat drones, authorities said.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, “with these constant attacksthe enemy seeks to keep the civilian population in a state of deep psychological tension”.
Overnight from Saturday to Sunday, two people were killed and three others injured in what Ukrainian authorities called “the most significant drone attack” on Kiev since the Russian invasion began in February 2022. According to Ukrainian General Staff, 58 of the 59 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched on the capital that night were shot down.