Kiev was hit by the largest Russian drone attack since the start of the invasion of Ukraine

Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was the victim of a Russian attack on Saturday morning. It is the largest drone attack on this city since the invasion began.

The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot it down 71 Iranian-made Shahed attack drones released at night Russia.

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Five people, including an 11-year-old boy, were injured, local authorities said, calling it the “most massive attack since the beginning of the invasion” of Ukraine.

The air raid siren in the capital lasted six hours Falling drone debris caused fire and damage to several buildingsadded Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

The attack also caused large-scale power outages in the capital after breaking “an electricity line,” according to the country’s Ministry of Energy, where temperatures are below freezing.

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According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia made the “symbolic” decision to launch this major attack on Saturday, as Ukraine commemorated the attack Holodomorthe great famine of the 1930s, during the Soviet era, a ‘genocide’ orchestrated, according to Kiev, by Joseph Stalin and which caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians.

According to Moscow, this famine caused victims not only among Ukrainians, but also among Russians, Kazakhs and other nationalities, in a context of collectivization of the countries.

“More than seventy [drones] Shahed on the night of the Holodomor commemoration (…) Russian leaders are proud of their ability to kill,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (JO)