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Ukrainian air defense fires at a Russian drone flying over kyiv on May 4, 2023.
INTERNATIONAL – Several explosions were heard this Thursday evening, May 4, in kyiv, the day after a night of drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital. AFP journalists saw a drone that the anti-aircraft defense was trying to shoot down, while the Kyiv military administration reported that “air defense is in action”.
The explosions stopped after about fifteen to twenty minutes. Journalists then saw a cloud of black smoke billowing as the Kyiv City Military Administration announced that the airstrike warning was over.
“The object was shot down”
“During the last aerial alarm, a drone was registered over kyiv. The object was shot down by anti-aircraft defense forces and assets. There is no information on casualties or destruction of housing stock or infrastructure”said Serhi Popko, the head of the military administration of kyiv, Thursday evening on Telegramreports The world.
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“The enemy drone has been shot down”, Presidential Chief of Staff Andrei Yermak said as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko signaled “explosions and fires in the capital’s Solomyansky district” and warned of the possible fall of debris from drones.
“In the Solomyansky district, rescuers contained a fire in a four-story building”added the mayor, specifying that “nobody has asked for medical help so far”.
The alerts came after kyiv endured a fresh wave of attacks overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. On Thursday morning, Sergei Popko, the head of the Kyiv city military administration, said that “our city has not experienced such an intensity of strikes since the beginning of this year”. Popko then said it was the third day of strikes on Kyiv in May.
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