Night drone attack on Kyiv: Did any get through?
Photo: Russia sent 30 drones to Kyiv (Getty Images)
Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv overnight on April 13, sending around 30 unmanned aerial vehicles toward the Ukrainian capital, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA) on Telegram.
According to KCMA, the air raid alert in Kyiv was activated three times over the past 24 hours, lasting a total of four hours.
During the night, 30 enemy drones were detected in the airspace over and around the capital. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 19 of them. Efforts to destroy enemy drones also continued in other regions along their flight paths.
According to local authorities, no strikes were recorded in Kyiv following the overnight attack.
"There were no casualties or destruction in Kyiv as a result of the Russian air attacks," the statement reads.
Massive Russian attack on Ukraine
As a reminder, the last large-scale Russian attack took place overnight on April 6. At that time, Russian forces launched 23 missiles and 109 drones across Ukraine. Air defense units downed 13 missiles and 40 Shahed drones. Another 53 decoy drones lost their course and impact locations remain unknown.
That night, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and several other regions came under drone strikes. Russian forces also launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Fires broke out in three districts of the capital. One person was killed and three others were injured.
More details on the consequences of the enemy's combined strike can be found in the RBC-Ukraine report.
It is worth noting that since the last large-scale attack, Russian forces have continued to carry out nightly drone strikes across Ukraine.
