Ukraine war: Russian air strikes target Kyiv for third night running

Blasts were heard successful Kyiv and respective buildings were acceptable ablaze aft Russia targeted Ukraine's superior for the 3rd nighttime running.

Officials accidental falling debris caused the blazes, arsenic Ukraine's aerial defences targeted incoming projectiles. At slightest 1 idiosyncratic is reported killed.

Ukraine says it downed each missiles and drones utilized successful Russia's erstwhile 2 night-time attacks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised US-made Patriot aerial defences.

He said they ensured "100% downing of immoderate Russian missiles".

"Russia wants to travel the way of evil to the end, that is, to its defeat, due to the fact that evil cannot person immoderate different extremity but defeat," helium said successful a video code precocious connected Monday.

"The satellite indispensable spot that panic is losing."

Russia's subject has said that each intended targets were deed during its caller attacks connected Kyiv and different Ukrainian cities.

The claims by the warring sides person not been independently verified.

Kyiv's subject medication reported 2 buildings connected occurrence successful the latest overnight aerial assault.

In the confederate Holosiivskyi district, 1 idiosyncratic was killed and 3 injured arsenic a occurrence started successful a multi-storey building.

"Two precocious floors are destroyed, and determination whitethorn beryllium radical nether the rubble," the medication said successful a statement.

Two backstage buildings were ablaze and respective cars damaged successful the Darnytskyi territory - conscionable crossed the Dnipro river.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko described the latest onslaught arsenic "massive", urging residents "not to permission shelters".

The aerial raid alert was lifted aft respective hours, meaning that the Russian aerial battle was implicit for the clip being.

It was the 17th onslaught connected the superior since the opening of May, including a uncommon daytime onslaught connected Monday.

Russia - which launched its full-scale penetration successful February 2022 - has been utilizing kamikaze drones arsenic good arsenic a scope of cruise and ballistic missiles.

Analysts accidental Moscow is seeking to deplete and harm Ukraine's aerial defences up of its long-expected counter-offensive.

Ukraine has been readying a counter-offensive for months. But it has wanted arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable to bid troops and to person subject instrumentality from Western allies.