Russian drone attacks target Kyiv

Ukrainian officials reported Monday on the latest extensive Russian drone attack targeting Kyiv, saying the assault was the eighth against Ukraine’s capital this month.
Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram that Ukrainian air defenses shot down nearly two dozen drones over Kyiv, but that there were no reports of damage or casualties.
Across the country, Ukraine’s military said Monday it shot down 53 of 56 Russian drones that attacked multiple regions.
In addition to Kyiv, intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrainian air force said.
The aerial attacks came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on allies to provide weapons systems and permission to use weapons in long-range strikes against targets inside Russia.
Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Sunday that allowing long-range strikes would enable Ukraine’s military to “destroy Russian aircraft at their bases.”
He said Ukraine expects decisions on the matter from the United States, France, Germany and Italy.
Ukraine’s military carried out its latest attacks Monday on regions along the Russia Ukraine border.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod, said Ukrainian shelling hit a house and several cars, injuring at least eight people.
In Bryansk, officials said Russian air defenses shot down five Ukrainian drones. No casualties or damage were reported.
Some information for this story was provided by Reuters.