{"id":529216,"date":"2022-12-19T16:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nighttime-drone-attack-hits-kyiv-as-putin-heads-to-belarus\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:33:31","slug":"nighttime-drone-attack-hits-kyiv-as-putin-heads-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nighttime-drone-attack-hits-kyiv-as-putin-heads-to-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nighttime drone attack hits Kyiv as Putin heads to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35a39e49f94\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35a39e49f94\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nighttime-drone-attack-hits-kyiv-as-putin-heads-to-belarus\/#Nighttime_drone_attack_hits_Kyiv_as_Putin_heads_to_Belarus\" >Nighttime drone attack hits Kyiv as Putin heads to Belarus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nighttime_drone_attack_hits_Kyiv_as_Putin_heads_to_Belarus\"><\/span>Nighttime drone attack hits Kyiv as Putin heads to Belarus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Multiple explosive drones attacked Ukraine&#8217;s capital before dawn Monday, local authorities reported, as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to visit ally Belarus, which provided the Kremlin&#8217;s forces with a launch pad for Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine almost 10 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The drone attack came three days after what Ukrainian officials described as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-5d3e5ee5e93b6402d5214b3cf094fa1c\" data-ylk=\"slk:one of Russia's biggest assaults\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">one of Russia&#8217;s biggest assaults<\/a> on Kyiv since the war started and as Moscow presses on with its effort to torment Ukraine from the air amid a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-putin-46d89e0c2812cbf0656a345307d3d341\" data-ylk=\"slk:broad battlefield stalemate\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">broad battlefield stalemate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched 23 self-exploding drones over Kyiv while the city slept, but Ukrainian forces shot down 18 of them, the Kyiv city administration said on Telegram. No major casualties were reported from the attack, although the Ukrainian president\u2019s office said the war killed at least three civilians and wounded 11 elsewhere in the country between Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The drone barrage caused emergency power outages in 11 central and eastern regions of the country, including the capital region, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Monday was St. Nicholas Day, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-2bdf228f15b630e8affb4970d9574da4\" data-ylk=\"slk:an occasion\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">an occasion<\/a> that marks the start of the Christmas holidays in Ukraine and is when children typically receive their first gifts hidden under pillows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how Russians congratulated our children on the holiday,\u201d Serhii Kruk, the head of Ukraine&#8217;s State Emergency Service, wrote on Telegram, attaching photos of firefighters barely distinguished amid the flames of an infrastructure facility that got hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the night when everyone is waiting for a miracle, the terrorist country continues to terrorize the peaceful Ukrainian people,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, said.<\/p>\n<p>Bits of wreckage from the downed drones damaged a road in the central Solomianskyi district and broke windows in a multi-story building in the Shevchenkyvskyi district of Kyiv, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p>One drone struck the home of Olha and Ivan Kobzarenko, ages 84 and 83, in the outskirts of the capital. Ivan sustained a head injury.<\/p>\n<p>Their garage was completely destroyed and their dog, Malysh, was killed. Olha, speaking in her bedroom where shattered glass and blood covered the floor, said the blast flung the front gate into the couple&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that I am not alone,\u201d Olha said. \u201cEveryone is suffering. Everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nina Sobol, a 59-year-old clerk working at one of the city\u2019s power companies, was on her way to work when the strikes h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened. Like many of her colleagues, she waited outside while emergency services inspected damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel really anxious,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Anxious because you never know at which moment there will be an incoming missile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said a critical infrastructure point was also hit, without giving more details.<\/p>\n<p>Although the capital appeared to be the main target of the latest Russian attack, the armed forces said other places in the country were also targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv region Gov. Oleksii Kuleba said on Telegram that some infrastructure facilities were damaged across the Kyiv region, as well as private houses, and at least two people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s air force said on Telegram that its personnel were able to destroy 30 of at least 35 self-exploding drones that Russia launched across the country from the eastern side of the Azov Sea on Ukraine&#8217;s southeast coast. Russia is on the other side of the sea.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military has reported increasing success in shooting down incoming Russian missiles and explosive drones.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has targeted Ukraine&#8217;s energy infrastructure, including in Kyiv, since October as part of a strategy to try to leave the country without heat and light during the bitterly cold winter. It has kept up that effort despite <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-business-ursula-von-der-leyen-europe-european-commission-6cd2409ac1c738bd3bb1e6d41a9a27bc\" data-ylk=\"slk:Western sanctions\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Western sanctions<\/a> and the supply of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-politics-donetsk-government-united-states-eed3a0fc72e8197182e78dcc73ade45e\" data-ylk=\"slk:Western air defense systems\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Western air defense systems<\/a> to Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-5d3e5ee5e93b6402d5214b3cf094fa1c\" data-ylk=\"slk:On Friday\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">On Friday<\/a>, Ukraine\u2019s capital was attacked as part of a massive strike from Russia. Dozens of missiles were launched across the country, triggering widespread power outages. Four people, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-666d5f8716aafb8792e27e6952efa061\" data-ylk=\"slk:including a toddler\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">including a toddler<\/a>, were killed when a Russian missile tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defenses shot down four U.S.-made HARM missiles over Russia\u2019s Belgorod region, which lies along Ukraine\u2019s northeast border near Kharkiv. The claim by Lt.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov couldn\u2019t be independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has provided Ukraine with HARM missiles, which are launched by warplanes and intended to strike enemy radars.<\/p>\n<p>Some 14,000 people in Belgorod were left without power Monday as the result of Ukrainian shelling, the region&#8217;s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Putin was set to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> Monday to Belarus for talks with its authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, who allowed Russian forces to use Belarusian territory for invading Ukraine and has close defense links with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>It was to be a rare trip to Minsk by Putin, who usually receives Lukashenko at the Kremlin. Belarus is believed to have Soviet-era weapons stockpiles that could be useful for Moscow, while Lukashenko needs help with his country\u2019s ailing economy.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say the Kremlin might look again for some kind of Belarusian military support for its Ukraine operations. But the winter weather and Russia&#8217;s depleted resources mean any attack probably won&#8217;t come soon, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe capacity of the Russian military, even reinforced by elements of the Belarusian armed forces, to prepare and conduct effective large-scale mechanized offensive operations in the next few months remains questionable,\u201d the think tank said in an assessment published Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It also concluded that &#8220;it is unlikely that Lukashenko will commit the Belarusian military (which would also have to be re-equipped) to the invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, warships from Russia\u2019s Pacific Fleet set off Monday to take part in joint naval drills with China. The exercise follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of joint maneuvers that have highlighted growing military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the United States was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-politics-donetsk-government-united-states-eed3a0fc72e8197182e78dcc73ade45e\" data-ylk=\"slk:treading on dangerous ground\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">treading on dangerous ground<\/a> by getting involved in the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dangerous and shortsighted policy has put the U.S. and Russia on the brink of a direct confrontation,\u201d Zakharova said in a statement Monday. \u201cMoscow is calling on Joe Biden\u2019s administration to soberly assess the situation and refrain from dangerous escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Renata Brito in Kyiv contributed.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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