KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hit Kiev Wednesday morning for the first time in 73 days with a sophisticated missile and drone attack and damage is still being assessed, a top official in the Ukrainian capital said.
Warnings of air raids sounded for hours. Serhii Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said the armed forces destroyed several cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and a dozen drones.
He said the damage was still being assessed. In the past, such combined attacks aimed to overwhelm air defenses and cause maximum damage.
According to emergency services, a 48-year-old man suffered a head injury in Kiev’s Brovary district. Debris from the attack caused a fire in a warehouse, Kyiv Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said.
Popko also announced daytime restrictions on electricity supplies to businesses and industry in Kiev due to Russian shelling and a shortage of power generation.
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