Kyiv

Russian forces launched overnight air attacks on Kiev, military officials in the Ukrainian capital said Friday, adding that all the missiles were intercepted and destroyed.

"Another air attack on Kiev, 13th in a row since the beginning of May! And, as always, at nighttime," the city's military administration said on its Telegram account.

No attacks on infrastructure or civilian targets were reported, reports Reuters.
The Ukrainian army announced that Russian planes are in the air and that there is a danger of being hit by Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.

Missile fragments that fell during the airstrike caused two fires in the eastern districts of Kyiv, officials said.
Two more people were wounded in the attack in Odessa, wrote the spokesman of the military administration Serhii Bratchuk on Telegram, reports Reuters.

This was stated today by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, at a press conference after a conversation with his Belarusian counterpart, Sergey Aleynik.
He stated that the Belarusian minister reminded that there were other initiatives, such as the initiatives of the Brazilian and South African presidents, Lavrov said, reports TASS.

As they state, the Russians attacked using drones, cruise missiles, and apparently ballistic missiles, in which three people were injured.
They said tonight's attack was the eighth this month. A Reuters reporter reported, referring to the testimonies of eyewitnesses, that during the night a series of very loud detonations shook the capital of Ukraine.

Ukraine's air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kiev using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow's most modern missiles.

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