Ukraine's air defence forces down 11 Russian Shahed-136 drones over Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast

Ukraine’s air defence forces have shot down 13 Russian Shahed-136 drones, following the sounding of the air-raid siren on the morning of Wednesday, 14 December.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, on Telegram; Oleksii Kuleba, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Kyiv City Military Administration on Telegram; Andrii Niebytov, Chief of the National Police of Ukraine in Kyiv Oblast, on Telegram

Quote from Klitschko: "The air defence forces have shot down a total of 10 Shahed-136 drones in Kyiv Oblast and in the skies over the capital."

Quote from Kuleba: "The morning in the capital and Kyiv Oblast started with a Shahed-136 drone attack by the Russian Federation. The air defence forces have shot down most of the drones in the oblast."

Details: Later, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that air defence forces in Kyiv were continuing to operate and as of 08:00 have shot down 11 Shahed-136 drones. At 08:55, 13 Shahed-136 drones were reported to have been downed.

According to Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, Kyiv has suffered two waves of attacks by Shahed drones.

Fragments of the downed UAVs hit an administrative building and four other residential buildings in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district suffered minor damage. No one was injured.

Andrii Niebytov later posted a photo of one of the Shahed UAVs shot down in Kyiv Oblast on Telegram.

He added that police officers are working at the scene.    

Background:

• Following the sounding of the air-raid siren in Kyiv Oblast, the air defence systems were reported to be deployed.
• Later, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv.

Journalists fight on their own frontline. Support Ukrainska Pravda or become our patron!