Ukrainian military destroys 24 Russian drones and two ballistic missiles during overnight air strike targeting various parts of country
Ukraine: a firefighter shines a flashlight near a burnt car wreck, a damaged metro station and McDonald's, following a rocket attack in Kyiv, on January 18th. Photograph: Tetiana Dzhafarova/Getty ImagesMr Tkachenko posted on the Telegram messaging app that the deaths had occurred in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district.
Mr Klitschko said windows had been shattered in Shevchenkivskyi district, including at a metro station which had been closed. He said smoke was coming out of an apartment building and repair crews had been dispatched to repair a damaged water main. Authorities had warned of the danger of attack drones and missiles in the run-up to the attack. The air raid alert on the capital was lifted after it had been effect for a little more than an hour.
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