War in Ukraine: missiles, drones… Russia launched massive air attacks at dawn this Sunday against kyiv

Photo taken after a massive missile strike on Kyiv in January 2023. MAXPPP – Nicolas Cleuet – Le Pictorium

Russian forces launched major air attacks on kyiv and the Lviv region in western Ukraine on Sunday morning. ;shelter.

Russia launched air attacks on Kyiv and the Lviv region in western Ukraine on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitchko said on Telegram that explosions were heard in the capital after the region's military administration said air defense systems were repelling an attack.

Ukrainian air defense units destroyed around ten missiles launched from Russia towards Kyiv and its surroundings, Serhi Popko, head of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital, said on Telegram. No casualties or significant damage were immediately reported, he said.

Missiles, drones…

"For the third time this week, shortly before dawn, an air alert was issued in Ukraine and (the population) was called to take shelter", Bridget Brink, US ambassador to Ukraine, said early Sunday on the social network #39;did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ukrainian media reported on Telegram that during a major attack on Lviv, Russian missiles flew near the border with Poland. Lviv Mayor Andri Sadovy said on Telegram that no attacks had targeted the city, but that some 20 missiles and seven drones had been launched against the Lviv region, targeting "critical infrastructures".