🛡️ Defense

Kyiv traffic police and armed citizens fired personal weapons at a Shahed drone near the train station, potentially shooting it down or disrupting its terminal dive.

Kyiv, Kyiv
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Kyiv traffic police and armed citizens fired personal weapons at a Shahed drone near the train station, potentially shooting it down or disrupting its terminal dive.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Media reported that traffic between Khreshchatyk and Circus was suspended due to the incident.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Boryspil Mayor Volodymyr Borysenko and Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko confirmed that air defense was hitting targets in their respective areas.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Air defense forces shot down most of the drones, according to spokesperson Yurii Ignat.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

18 people were rescued, and two more are under the rubble.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.092Z

Source story: day-237-2023-02-13