[News] Russian missile strikes on Kyiv “unprecedented,” authorities say, after ninth attack this month

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The wave of Russian missile strikes launched at Kyiv this month has been “unprecedented in its power,” city authorities said early Thursday.

"A series of air attacks on Kyiv, unprecedented in its power, intensity and variety, continues. The ninth air attack on the capital since the beginning of May,” said Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city administration, in a Telegram post.
Popko said that the latest wave of missiles was fired toward Kyiv from Russian strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea.

After the launch, Russian reconnaissance drones were seen over the capital, he added.  

All the missiles that crossed Kyiv’s airspace were intercepted, Popko said, but falling debris caused a fire at a garage. Andrii Nebytov, police chief for the Kyiv region, posted photos on Telegram of what he said were missile fragments in fields outside the capital.

Kyiv under strike: Until recently, most analysts and even United States defense officials simply doubted Ukraine’s air defenses would be up to the job of repelling a sustained Russian assault – and this latest Moscow offensive has been particularly sustained.

But Kyiv’s air defenses are holding firm – thanks, in large part, to US-made Patriot missile defense systems.

Read our full report on how Kyiv has steeled its skies.