Russia hits Kyiv with new 'kamikaze' drone attack - NBC News

Alexander Kamyshin, CEO of state-owned obstruction service, said the attacks had reached an country adjacent Kyiv’s main bid station, but helium said trains were inactive moving on-time.

For now, helium tweeted, passengers were safe.

Ukrainian officials besides reported rocket strikes successful the confederate larboard metropolis of Odesa, cardinal Dnipropetrovsk portion and the northeastern Sumy region. Overnight, drone attacks were besides reported by officials successful the confederate metropolis of Mykolaiv, wherever deadly rocket strikes past week destroyed the 2 apical floors of a residential building.

"All nighttime and each morning, the force terrorizes the civilian population," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said successful a connection shared connected the Telegram messaging app Monday. "Kamikaze drones and missiles onslaught each of Ukraine."

Head of Zelenskyy's office, Andrii Yermak, called for much aerial defence systems from the West and "as soon arsenic possible."

Klitschko shared an representation of what helium said was wreckage of 1 of the drones progressive successful the onslaught connected Kyiv, displaying a Russian sanction for Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones that some Washington and Kyiv person accused Tehran of supplying to Moscow to beryllium utilized successful Ukraine. Iran has denied the claims. NBC News could not verify the photo.

Officers occurrence shots successful an effort to disarm a drone attack. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP - Getty Images

Zelenskyy warned earlier this period astir Russia’s expanding usage of Iranian-made drones, posing a caller situation for the country’s aerial defenses and causing interest among Ukraine's Western allies implicit Tehran's alleged enactment for Russia successful the war.

The Shahed-136 drones, which person earned the nickname “kamikaze” for destroying its people by physically crashing into it, are comparatively inexpensive and tin beryllium equipped with a tiny warhead, making it an effectual precision weapon, military analysts told NBC News. 

Its operational scope is taxable to statement among analysts, but could beryllium arsenic agelong arsenic 1,200 miles, though it’s astir apt overmuch shorter successful practice, but inactive capable to deed immoderate people successful Ukraine from Russian-occupied areas. 

Last week's attacks were framed by Russian President Vladimir Putin arsenic revenge for a blast that damaged his signature bridge from Russia to the annexed Crimean Peninsula.

The aerial aggression inspired renewed enactment from Kyiv's Western allies. The United States volition nonstop a caller question of subject assistance that's expected to see missiles, rockets and anti-tank weapons, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Last week President Joe Biden besides vowed successful a telephone telephone with Zelenskyy to supply Ukraine with the precocious aerial defence systems it desperately wants successful bid to fend disconnected attacks similar Monday's.

The White House was antecedently reluctant to enactment the exertion successful play successful Ukraine, fearing it would beryllium seen by Russia arsenic a measurement person to nonstop engagement successful the war.