Air defense intercepts all Russian drones on approach to Kyiv

Air defense forces during one of the latest air alerts shot down all Russian kamikaze drones threatening the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

That’s according to the Kyiv City Military Administration, Ukrinform reports.

Serhiy Popko, the administration chief, said initial reports claimed the debris fell in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. Emergency services that inspected the area found no destruction related to the reports.

The official said "there’s no destructions or casualties in Kyiv" and urged residents not to ignore the air raid alerts.

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, explosions rang out in Kyiv in the late hours of Wednesday, July 17, amid an active air raid alert.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko noted that, according to tentative reports, a fire broke out between a residential building and an educational facility in Darnytskyi district as Air Defense Forces engaged aerial targets.