Europe 1 with AFP 11:44 am, May 29, 2023, modified at 11:45 am, May 29, 2023

On the 460th day of the Russian invasion, explosions were heard Monday morning in central Kiev. On the night of Sunday to Monday, Ukraine also shot down 37 missiles and 29 drones, while a military site in the west of the country was hit by a Russian strike.

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A dozen explosions were heard Monday morning in central Kiev, shortly after the air sirens went off in the capital, AFP journalists found. "Explosions in the city, in central neighborhoods," Mayor Vitaly Klitschko wrote on Telegram. "Air defense is in action," the Kiev military administration said.

Information to remember:

  • Explosions reportedly took place in Kiev on Monday morning.
  • On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the Ukrainian capital had already been targeted by the drone attack "the largest" since the beginning of the war.
  • Ukraine says it shot down 37 missiles and 29 Russian drones overnight from Sunday to Monday.

Ukraine says it shot down 37 missiles and 29 Russian drones overnight

Ukraine intercepted 37 Russian cruise missiles and 29 combat drones during a new night attack on Moscow, Ukrainian army commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny said Monday.

"Tonight, the occupiers attacked military sites and those of critical infrastructure of Ukraine" by launching "up to 40 cruise missiles" from planes over the Caspian and "about 35 drones" from the north and south, he said on Telegram.

Military site in western Ukraine hit by Russian strike

A military site in western Ukraine was hit by a Russian strike overnight, the Khmelnytsky regional administration said Monday in a rare public statement on the subject.

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"Russian troops struck several sites including a military one in the Khmelnytsky region," the administration said on Telegram. It reported "fires in fuel depots" and "five flying aircraft taken out of service", suggesting that an airstrip on a military airfield was damaged.

Ukraine claims to have countered in the night from Saturday to Sunday "the most important drone attack" on Kiev

On the night of Saturday to Sunday, two people were killed and three others wounded in what Ukrainian authorities called "the largest drone attack" on Kiev since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, 58 of the 59 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched on the capital that night were shot down.