A police expert walks past a burned car at the site of a Russian strike in the city of Sumy, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
- Russia launched a ballistic missile on Ukraine.
- Ukraine launched drones targeting the border Kursk, Belgorod and Rostov regions.
- An oil depot was damaged in Rostov.
Russia launched on Sunday its third ballistic missile on Kyiv in August, with preliminary data showing that all the air weapons were destroyed on their approach to the city, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said.
“This is already the third ballistic strike on the capital in August, with exact intervals of six days between each attack,” Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
“According to preliminary information, the Russians again, for the third time in a row, most likely used North Korean ballistic missiles.”
Popko added that Ukraine’s air defence units also destroyed a number of drones launched by Russia.
The scope of the attack was not immediately clear.
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Popko said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Reuters could not independently verify the type of missiles launched. A Reuters witness heard blasts that sounded like air defence systems early on Sunday.
An image taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry shows how Russian forces are still facing a major incursion by Ukrainian troops on their soil, in the Kursk border region, an unexpected setback for the Kremlin whose army was to its advantage until then on the front. (Russian Defence Ministry/AFP)
About two hours after the initial attack, Kyiv, its surrounding region and most of central and northeast Ukraine were under fresh raid alerts, with threats of more missiles heading toward the city, Ukraine’s air force said.
Russia’s air defence units destroyed five drones that Ukraine launched overnight targeting the border Kursk, Belgorod and Rostov regions, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday.
Two drones were shot down over the territory of the Belgorod region, one over Kursk, and two over the Rostov region, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a diesel fuel fire at an industrial warehouse in Russia’s Rostov region, the governor of the southwest Russian region said on Sunday.
Governor Vasily Golubev said on the Telegram messaging app:
Firefighting units were called in to put out the fire.
In a separate post on Telegram, Golubev said that no one was injured in result of the attack that took place in the Proletarsk district of the region.
Baza, a Telegram channel close to Russian law enforcement, said an oil depot was damaged in Rostov. Russia’s SHOT Telegram channel posted a video showing dark smoke rising from what it said was an oil depot.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
This photograph shows a burnt car in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP)
Kyiv has often said its air attacks on Russia’s military, energy and transport infrastructure are in response to Moscow’s continued strikes on Ukrainian territory.
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