{"id":574719,"date":"2023-05-16T13:41:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russia-launches-exceptional-air-attack-on-kyiv-video\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:41:52","slug":"russia-launches-exceptional-air-attack-on-kyiv-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russia-launches-exceptional-air-attack-on-kyiv-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russia launches ‘exceptional’ air attack on Kyiv [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Ukrainian air defenses thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital, officials said.<\/p>\n

Loud explosions boomed over Kyiv as the nighttime attack combined Russian missiles launched from the air, sea and land in an app<\/a>arent attempt to overwhelm Ukraine\u2019s air defenses. No casualties were reported as Western-supplied weapons helped fend off the assault.<\/p>\n

The barrage came as European leaders sought new ways to punish Russia<\/a> for the war<\/a> and a Chinese envoy sought traction<\/a> for Beijing\u2019s peace proposal.<\/p>\n

Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv was \u201cexceptional in its density \u2014 the maximum number of attacking missiles in the shortest period of time,\u201d said Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv military administration.<\/p>\n

Valentyna Myronets, a 64-year-old Kyiv resident, said she felt \u201cpain, fear, nervousness, restlessness\u201d amid the assaults. \u201cGod, we are waiting for victory and when all this is over,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The British ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, tweeted that the barrage was \u201cpretty intense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBangs and shaking walls are not an easy night,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

It was the eighth time this month that Russian air raids had targeted the capital, a clear escalation after weeks of lull and ahead of a much-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive. It also came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy concluded a whirlwind European tour<\/a> to greet Ukraine’s key wartime allies, which spurred an additional tranche of pledged military aid.<\/p>\n

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