An explosion is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 5 August 2024;
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KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's air defence shot down two Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles, two cruise Kh-59 cruise missiles and fifteen attack drones that Russia launched overnight, it said on Tuesday 6 August 2024 on the Telegram messaging app.
Several explosions rang out in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv late on Monday 5 August 2024, Reuters witnesses said, after an air raid siren sounded, but authorities said air defence units had intercepted incoming missiles.
Russia had launched in total four Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles, the Ukraine air force said, without saying what happened to the two missiles that were not destroyed.
Ruslan Kravchenko, Kyiv regional governor, reported no direct hits to residential or critical infrastructure.
The debris damaged windows in an apartment building, an office building and two gas stations in the region, he said.
Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military authorities, said that, according to preliminary reports, there was no damage or casualties.
Ukrainian air defence units were operating in the city and in the surrounding Kyiv region, authorities in Kyiv said in statements on the Telegram messaging app.
The governor of the southern region of Mykolaiv said that the air force destroyed thirteen Shahed drones over his region.
The attack caused three fires which have since been put out. It also damaged three residential buildings, a recreation centre and a utility building.
