Russians attack Kyiv with strike drones at night, shops damaged, 2 injured

On the night of Monday, June 16, russian occupation forces attacked Kyiv with strike drones, one of them fell in a private sector in the Dniprovskyi district - a crater formed at the site, in addition, shops were damaged in the Darnytskyi district of the capital, and two victims are currently known.

This was announced by the head of the Kyiv local military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, and Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, in the Telegram messenger, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"The russians lie about everything. When they claim to have hit military targets, they are aiming at our homes and our people. This is a deliberate terror tactic," Tkachenko stressed.

In particular, this night a russian strike drone fell in the middle of a private sector in Rusanivskyi Gardens in the Dniprovskyi district.

A crater formed at the site of the fall.

The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration emphasized that it was miraculously possible to avoid significant damage and casualties.

In addition, the enemy air attack damaged shopping pavilions in the Darnytskyi district.

"But the russians will again say that these are military targets," Tkachenko emphasized.

In general, the wreckage of downed enemy drones was recorded in several locations, in particular in the Dniprovskyi district.

The relevant services have already worked at the scene.

According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, a young man born in 2004 was injured.

He was hospitalized in serious condition in one of the capital's hospitals.

Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko informed that a woman was also injured, whom doctors also hospitalized at night.

She is currently receiving outpatient treatment.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of Monday, June 16, the russians launched 138 drones over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces managed to shoot down 84 of them, and another 41 drones were lost/suppressed by electronic warfare means.