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| Russia Fires Over a Dozen Kh-101/Kh-555 Cruise Missiles at Ukraine |
Kiev - Russia fired more than a dozen cruise missiles at Kiev and other parts of Ukraine. At least three people were killed in the eastern city and hit homes in central Ukraine. Reporting from the Irish Examiner, Friday (28/4/2023), air raid sirens sounded around the Ukrainian capital in the first attack on the city in almost two months. According to the Kiev city government, the Ukrainian Air Force managed to intercept 11 cruise missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles over the city.
Air raid sirens started around 4 a.m. and the warnings ended about two hours later. The attack was the first in the capital since March 9. The missiles were fired from aircraft operating in the Caspian Sea region, according to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
In all, he said Ukraine intercepted 21 of the 23 Kh-101 and Kh-555 type cruise missiles it launched, as well as two drones. There were no immediate reports of a successful strike on Kiev but fragments from intercepted missiles or drones damaged power lines and roads in an area. No casualties were reported.