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The Chief of the KMVA Sergey Popko reported that the Russians attacked the capit...

Ninth shelling for May: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck in Kiev, details

The Chief of the KMVA Sergey Popko reported that the Russians attacked the capital with winged rockets X-101/555 with the help of strategic bombers Tu-95MS, Tu-160. The invaders also used reconnaissance UAVs. On Thursday, May 18, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a ninth air attack on the Ukrainian capital over the last month. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv City Administration Sergey Popko.

"A series of unprecedented in its capacity, intensity and variety of air attacks on Kiev continues," the official reads. Sergey Popko stated that Russian invaders attacked the capital from the strategic bombers of Tu-95MS, Tu-160 from the Caspian district. According to him, the winged missiles of the type X-101/555 were probably used for shelling. According to the official, after launching rockets, the Russians used intelligence drones in the airspace of Kiev.

"According to preliminary information, all hostile targets in the airspace of Kyiv have been identified and destroyed! The final data on the number, type of missiles and UAVs will be reported by air forces soon," Popko stated. The head of the KMVA noted that as a result of the fall of rocket fragments in the Darnytskyi district of the capital, a fire broke out in the territory of the garage cooperative. In addition, in the rest of the areas, the debris could damage cars, yards or forest parks.

According to the official, the data on the victims of the Russian rocket attack has not yet been received. Earlier, Popko also reported that the fall of the fragments had an occupation of a non -residential building in the Desnyanskiy district of Kiev. Information on explosions in Darnytskyi and Desnyansk districts was also confirmed by the mayor of the capital Vitaliy Klitschko. We will remind that on May 17 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at Nikolaev.

The head of the Nikolaev ova Vitaliy Kim showed the consequences of the Russian attack, noting that the "military goal" of the invaders this time became the building of the supermarket. In addition, on May 17, Russian troops struck hospitals in Berislav of Kherson region. The head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Alexander Proudin said that about 60 windows were knocked out in the medical facility and the walls were damaged.