After midnight yesterday, an air alert was announced in the Kiev, Kiev and Chernihiv regions. The head of the president's office, Andriy Yermak, urged people to pay attention to the alarm and not to interrupt the work of the air defense forces, explaining that "air defense is operating around the capital's airspace." Stay in the shelters until the attack is over!" the authorities warned.
Subsequently, the head of Kiev's military administration, Serhiy Popko, informed that Ukrainian forces destroyed last night all drones launched by Russia against Kiev. In a message on Telegram, as Ukrinform reports, Popko said that "all detected air targets were destroyed by the forces and means of our air defense. The blows on Kiev have been avoided!"
As previously reported, drone debris caused a fire on the roof of a building during the attack. The mayor of Kiev, Vitaly Klitschko spoke of a "fire caused by falling debris in the Dnipro district of the capital", stressing that the flames broke out "on the roof of a 9-storey building in one of the residential complexes in the district. All services operate on site. Information
on the victims has not yet been received."