More than 40 missiles and drones were shot down over Kyiv early Monday, Serhii Popko, the head of the city’s military administration, has said on Telegram. Some damage was caused by falling debris but there were no casualties in what was Russia’s 15th assault on the city this month.
Russia was trying to exhaust the country’s air defences with the increased attacks, Popko said, adding: “the enemy is trying to keep the civilian population in deep psychological tension.”
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko added: “Another difficult night for the capital. But, thanks to the professionalism of our defenders, as a result of the air attack of the barbarians in Kyiv, there was no damage or destruction of infrastructural and other objects, [or] multi-apartment residential buildings.”
The Ukrainian Air Force says 9 Russian Tu-95MS bombers launched up to 40 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, of which 37 were shot down, and ~35 Shahed/ Geran-2 drones, of which 29 were shot down. An ISR UAV was also shot down.