Russia launches biggest drone attack on Kyiv since start of the war

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Ukraine says Russia carried out the biggest drone attack on Kyiv since the start of the war in February 2022. 

The Ukrainian capital was under alert for six hours overnight, as waves of Russian Shahed attack drones were targeted at the city. 

The country’s air force wrote on social media that it shot down 71 of the drones. “Most of them were destroyed in the Kyiv region.” 

Five people, including an 11-year-old child, were injured in the Russian attack, according to local authorities.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said falling drone debris caused fires and damaged buildings in the capital. 

“The enemy continues to spread terror,” he said. 

The attack comes as Ukraine commemorates the Holodomor, the famine caused in the country by the Soviets 90 years ago, which resulted in the deaths of several million people.

“More than 70 (drones) Shahed during the night of the Holodomor commemoration (…). The Russian leaders are proud of their ability to kill”, reacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks.