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Ukraine’s Kyiv area hit by Iranian-made kamikaze drones

13 October 2022 11:52 (UTC +04:00)

Ukraine’s capital region was hit by Iranian-made kamikaze drones early Thursday, officials said, sending rescue workers rushing to the scene as residents awoke to air raid sirens for the fourth morning in a row after Russia's big attack across the country earlier this week, APA reports citing Ukranews.

Kyiv regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said the strike took place in the area surrounding the capital. It was not yet clear if there were any injuries.

Deputy head of the president’s office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram that “critical infrastructure facilities” in the area were hit, without giving any details on which.

In the southern city of Mykolaiv, overnight shelling destroyed a five-story apartment building as fighting continued along Ukraine’s southern front.

Mykolaiv regional governor Vitali Kim said an 11-year-old boy was rescued from under the rubble, where he had spent six hours, and rescuers were searching Thursday morning for seven more people, Kim said.

He said the building was hit by an S-300 missile, which is normally used to target military aircraft, but the Russians appear to have increasingly used them for imprecise ground strikes.