Russian forces launched Shahed drone attacks targeting Kyiv in the early morning hours; Ukrainian defenses shot down 35 drones using Gepard and Tunguska cannons, short-range missiles, and Territorial Defense units.
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Russian forces launched Shahed drone attacks targeting Kyiv in the early morning hours; Ukrainian defenses shot down 35 drones using Gepard and Tunguska cannons, short-range missiles, and Territorial Defense units.
There is a threat of UAV. Air defence forces are working against enemy targets, the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration announced.
Russia struck Kyiv with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones overnight on May 8, injuring at least five people.
Three people were injured in blasts in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district, and two others were injured when drone wreckage fell.
35 Russian-launched kamikaze drones were shot down over Kyiv overnight
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Source story: day-440a-2023-05-10