Russian forces have launched fresh attacks in the Kyiv region with Iranian-made “kamikaze drones”, Ukrainian officials say.
Critical infrastructure facilities in Makariv, a small town west of Kyiv, were destroyed after the area was struck by three drones on Thursday.
“There was an overnight drones bombardment by invaders on the Makariv community,” Andriy Nebytov, head of the Kyiv region police, said on Telegram.
He said no casualties had been reported so far.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential office, explained that the attack took place by “kamikaze drones on critical infrastructure facilities”.
Ukraine has reported a series of Russian strikes with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks but Iran had denies supplying the drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented.
In the south, six kamikaze drones were shot down overnight, according to the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces.
In the meantime, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is expected to meet Turkey’s President Erdogan on the sidelines of a summit in Kazakhstan later
Kremlin officials say Erdogan is likely to “officially” offer to mediate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Nato-led allies announce deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv, hailed by Ukraine as “historic”
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