Ukraine foils Russian night drone attack

KYIV: Ukraine said Friday (Saturday in Manila) it repelled a night-time drone attack from Russia, a day after Moscow launched a new wave of missile strikes in the run-up to New Year celebrations.The attacks came 10 months into President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, with Russian strikes targeting the energy grid and leaving millions in the cold in the middle of winter.Ukraine's air force said on Friday that Russia targeted the pro-Western country overnight with "Iranian-made kamikaze drones."A total of 16 drones were launched from the southeastern and northern directions, and they were "all" destroyed by Ukraine's air defense, it said.The presidency said Ukraine "withstood" the new drone attacks, which targeted infrastructure.In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said seven drones had targeted the capital. Two were shot down "on approach" and five over the city.There were no casualties, but falling debris damaged windows in two buildings in southwestern Kyiv, he added.One of the drones hit a four-story administrative building, starting a fire that was later extinguished, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office.

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