Central Kyiv hit by kamikaze drone strikes; heavy fighting rages in two hot spots in eastern Ukraine - CNBC

Firefighters behaviour enactment aft the Russian drone attacks successful Kyiv, Ukraine connected October 17, 2022. At slightest 4 abstracted explosions were heard successful Kyiv, portion authorities reported that the attacks were carried retired with kamikaze drones.

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A drone flies implicit Kyiv during an onslaught connected October 17, 2022, amid the Russian penetration of Ukraine.

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Logistical issues faced by Russian forces successful confederate Ukraine are apt to person go much acute pursuing an onslaught implicit a week agone connected the Kerch Strait span linking Russia with Crimea, according to the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence.

Repair efforts are ongoing and the span crossing is unfastened to immoderate postulation but a ample queue of waiting cargo trucks remains backed up adjacent the crossing, the ministry said connected Twitter Monday.

"Russian forces operating successful confederate Ukraine are apt expanding logistical proviso travel via Mariupol successful an effort to compensate for the reduced capableness of the Kerch Bridge," the ministry said.

With the Russian beingness successful Kherson successful confederate Ukraine "strained" amid an ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive, and the proviso routes done Crimea degraded, "the crushed enactment of connection done the Zaporizhzhia portion is becoming much important to the sustainability of Russia's occupation," the U.K. said.

The Kerch Strait bridge, oregon Crimea bridge, was deed by an detonation connected Oct.8. Kyiv has not said it was liable for the attack. Russia made a spate of arrests past week pursuing the incident

— Holly Ellyatt

Three radical are present known to person died successful the drone attacks connected Kyiv this morning, with a large pistillate among the fatalities.

"During hunt and rescue operations successful a residential gathering successful the metropolis center, the bodies of 3 dormant civilians were pulled out," Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

"Among them is simply a young couple, a hubby and woman who were expecting a child. The pistillate was 6 months pregnant," helium said.

— Holly Ellyatt

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko has issued an update astir this morning's drone attacks connected the Ukrainian superior Kyiv.

He said 28 drones had flown successful the absorption of Kyiv and that portion astir had been changeable down by the city's equipped forces and aerial defenses, immoderate had deed the metropolis with 1 hitting a residential building.

"Rescuers proceed extinguishing the building's structures and enactment connected dismantling the debris. Earlier, 18 residents of the gathering were rescued. Two were nether rubble. The dormant woman's assemblage was precocious recovered. According to preliminary data, 1 much idiosyncratic is nether the rubble. Search and rescue operations are ongoing," helium said connected Telegram.

— Holly Ellyatt

The U.S. Embassy successful Ukraine has condemned a bid of kamikaze drone attacks connected Kyiv this morning.

At slightest 4 drone attacks were recorded successful the metropolis this morning, with 18 radical rescued from a residential gathering that had been hit.

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said aboriginal this greeting that the assemblage of a dormant pistillate was recovered from the rubble of a location successful Shevchenkivskyi district, wherever an detonation occurred earlier this greeting arsenic a effect of a drone attack.  

"Another idiosyncratic is nether the rubble.  Search and rescue operations are ongoing.  Three victims were hospitalized," he said connected Telegram.

Ukraine has destroyed 37 Russian drones since Sunday evening, astir 85-86% of the fig progressive successful attacks, Ukraine's aerial unit spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said connected Monday.

"That's rather a bully effect for the enactment of our aerial defences and that fig volition emergence successful the future," helium told a quality briefing, adding that each the drones had flown into Ukraine from the south.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a connection amid a question of drone attacks connected the superior Kyiv.

"All nighttime and each morning, the force terrorizes the civilian population," Zelenskyy said connected Telegram Monday. "Kamikaze drones and missiles are attacking each of Ukraine," helium added.

"A residential gathering was deed successful Kyiv. The force tin onslaught our cities, but it won't beryllium capable to interruption us.  The occupiers volition get lone just punishment and condemnation of aboriginal generations. And we volition get victory," helium added.

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klischko said 18 radical person been rescued from a residential gathering struck by a drone.  "According to preliminary information, 2 residents stay nether the rubble.  Rescue operations are ongoing.  Extinguishing of occurrence successful destroyed gathering structures and demolition of rubble is ongoing. We are clarifying the accusation connected casualties," helium said connected Telegram.

— Holly Ellyatt

Drone attacks connected the Ukrainian superior Kyiv are ongoing, according to officials successful the city. Air raid alerts are successful place, with residents being told to shelter.

The Kyiv metropolis subject medication said on Telegram this morning that "the force continues to attack. A residential gathering successful the Shevchenkiv territory was hit. Currently, accusation astir the victims is being clarified. Please enactment successful shelters!"

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported further explosions connected Monday and posted an representation purportedly showing the remnants of an explosive-carrying drone.

One Kyiv nonmigratory told the BBC this greeting that she and her hubby were sheltering successful their gathering arsenic drone attacks appeared to beryllium taking spot each 15 minutes.

"The past 2 hours we tin perceive explosions and the sound of the drones flying implicit our gathering astir constantly. Believe me, erstwhile you've heard a rocket flying implicit your building, oregon a drone, you tin archer and consciousness the difference. The drones alert little than rockets," nonmigratory Ksenia said, saying rockets marque a whistling dependable portion drones sounded similar a "very immense 200 kilogram motorcyle flying implicit your building, it's truly freaking scary."

Ukraine has said repeatedly that Russia is utilizing Iranian-supplied Shahed-136 drones. Iran has denied supplying specified weapons contempt grounds to the contrary.

— Holly Ellyatt

Heavy warring is taking spot successful the eastbound portion of Donbas successful Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Sunday, with Ukraine's subject stating that Russian forces were connected the violative astir Bakhmut.

"The cardinal blistery spots successful Donbas are Soledar and Bakhmut," Zelenskyy said successful his nightly video address. "Very dense warring is going connected there."

Bakhmut is simply a cardinal people for Russia's forces who are seeking to marque and cement territorial gains successful the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that marque up the Donbas, peculiarly aft having to retreat from different settlements to the north, astir Kharkiv. Bakhmut is strategically important and sits connected a main roadworthy starring to the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Zelenskyy said portion the concern connected the beforehand enactment has not changed importantly implicit the past day, the warring successful Bakhmut and Soledar — which lies conscionable northbound of Bakhmut — was intense, with Russian forces throwing "everyone they could against our forces," including criminals and mercenaries, helium said.

In its latest subject update, the General Staff of Ukraine's equipped forces said connected Twitter Monday that "the force is trying to spell connected the violative successful Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions." Avdiivka lies conscionable to the northbound of Donetsk city.

"The hostile is trying to clasp the temporarily occupied territories, focusing efforts connected attempts to incorporate the Defense Forces actions successful idiosyncratic directions, portion trying to pb violative actions successful Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions," the update connected Facebook said.

"The force shells the Ukrainian positions on the full interaction line, reinforces its antiaircraft positions and lines successful definite directions, conducts aerial reconnaissance, hits captious infrastructure and civilian houses, violating the norms of planetary humanitarian law, the laws and customs of war," it added.

Last Friday, Britain's Ministry of Defense noted that Russian-backed forces had made tactical advances implicit respective days toward the halfway of Bakhmut. Private subject institution Wagner Group "likely remains" heavy progressive successful the Bakhmut fighting, the ministry said successful an quality update.

— Holly Ellyatt

Residential buildings successful the Ukrainian superior Kyiv person been damaged aft drone attacks connected a cardinal district, according to the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko and a elder authorities official.

"As a effect of the drone attack, a occurrence broke retired successful a non-residential gathering successful the Shevchenkivskyi territory of Kyiv. Fire departments are working. Several residential buildings were damaged," Klitschko said connected Telegram.

He said medics are connected the crushed and that much details connected the fig of casualties is being clarified.

The caput of the Ukraine president's office, Andrii Yermak, besides reported "explosions successful Kyiv," posting connected Telegram that "the superior was attacked by kamikaze-drones," a sanction fixed to explosive-carrying drones that Ukraine says Russia received from Iran.

"Russians deliberation that it volition assistance them, but specified actions are similar agony. We request much aerial defence systems and arsenic soon arsenic possible. We person nary clip for dilatory actions," helium said. CNBC was not capable to independently verify the claims.

Russia has stepped up its usage of drone attacks connected assorted targets successful Ukraine, peculiarly of vigor infrastructure, mostly successful effect to Ukraine's counteroffensives and pursuing an onslaught connected the Kerch Strait span linking Russia and Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow successful 2014.

— Holly Ellyatt