Ukraine: Kyiv's Air Defence Thwarts Russian Drone Assault

Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight targeting Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine, killing one civilian in Kryvyi Rih and damaging buildings and cars in Kyiv and elsewhere, officials said early on Sunday (February 23). Multi-wave drone attacks on the capital damaged several residential houses and cars, but there were no immediate reports of injuries, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that will mark its third anniversary on Monday (February 24) and which Russia started with a full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukraine's air force said on Sunday that Russia launched 267 drones in an overnight attack. It said that 138 of the drones were downed and another 119 disappeared from radars after being jammed by electronic warfare, adding that Russia also launched three ballistic missiles.