KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Sunday (Nov 24) Ukraine must strengthen its air defences to guard folks after its air defence items shot down 50 of 73 Russian drones launched in a single day over many areas.
“An air alert has been sounded virtually each day throughout Ukraine this week,” Zelenskyy stated on Telegram messenger.
Over the previous week Russia used greater than 800 guided aerial bombs, about 460 assault drones, and greater than 20 missiles of assorted sorts, Zelenskyy stated.
“Ukraine is just not a testing floor for weapons. Ukraine is a sovereign and impartial state. However Russia nonetheless continues its efforts to kill our folks, unfold concern and panic, and weaken us,” he stated.
The Ukrainian navy stated earlier on Sunday that air defence items had destroyed greater than 10 Russian drones that had been concentrating on Kyiv in an in a single day assault.
There have been no speedy reviews of injury or accidents because of the assault, Kyiv’s navy administration posted on Telegram.
Reuters witnesses heard explosions in Kyiv in what gave the impression of air defence items in operation.
“The UAVs (unmanned aerial autos) had been flying in numerous instructions in the direction of Kyiv,” stated Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s navy administration. “The air raid alert within the metropolis lasted for greater than three hours.”
There was no speedy remark from Russia in regards to the assault.
