{"id":120799,"date":"2023-11-25T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120799"},"modified":"2023-11-25T09:59:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:59:36","slug":"knockback-for-zelensky-as-kyiv-suffers-biggest-drone-attack-of-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/knockback-for-zelensky-as-kyiv-suffers-biggest-drone-attack-of-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Knockback for Zelensky as Kyiv suffers ‘biggest drone attack of Ukraine war’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Volodymyr Zelensky’s base of operations has been targeted by what Kyiv claims was the biggest drone attack of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

City officials have said a fleet of Iranian-made kamikaze Shahed drones targeted the country’s capital – from where President Zelensky is currently coordinating the counteroffensive – in an overnight raid.<\/p>\n

Explosions echoed across the city as the country’s armed forces attempted to intercept the aircraft.<\/p>\n

According to local reports, Kyiv’s defences successfully fended off the vast majority of the drones.<\/p>\n

But several people were injured, and multiple buildings suffered damage across multiple city districts.<\/p>\n

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In a post on Telegram, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said nearly 75 drones were involved in the attack.<\/p>\n

At least 40 of those were downed, a city administration official told local Ukrainian channel Suspilne.<\/p>\n

Mr Klitschko said the surviving drones managed to inflict damage across several areas.<\/p>\n

A warning sounded for locals, saying: \u201cA large number of enemy UAVs are entering Kyiv from different directions! We urge you to stay in shelters until the alarm goes off!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Apartment blocks and a nursery were among those damaged in the overnight onslaught, he said, with an 11-year-old girl among those injured.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian officials have estimated the attack was the largest since the war with Russia began in 2022.<\/p>\n

In a post on Telegram, Ukraine\u2019s Air Force said the attack involved a \u201crecord number\u201d of drones.<\/p>\n

The post read: \u201cA total of nearly 75 Shahed drones were launched from two directions \u2013 Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Kursk region, Russia.”<\/p>\n