Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine, the third in three days, but Ukrainian air defenses shot most of the airborne ordnance out of the sky with only one person reported hurt.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday, authorities said, as the Pentagon said most of the North Korean troops sent to help Moscow’s war effort are fighting to drive Ukraine’s army off Russian soil in the Kursk border region.

Air-defense systems shot down 21 out of the 59 drones launched by Russia at targets in Ukraine early on November 14, the Ukrainian air force reported.

Russia escalated its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching waves of drones and missiles in its first combined aerial assault on the capital in more than 70 days, authorities said."As missiles were approaching Kyiv,

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Air defense units intercepted several of each type of missile and up to ten drones. The KMVA reported that this was the first combined missile and drone strike on Kyiv in 73 days. The air raid alert in the capital was issued at 6:30 a.

A Russian air attack on Kyiv damaged buildings, roads and several power lines in the city, the capital's military administration said early on Sunday, after the military said air defences were trying to repel a drone attack.

Russia has struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days. KYIV, Ukraine — Russia struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday morning and damage is still being assessed, a top official in the Ukrainian capital said.

The attack ended a two-month pause in missile strikes on Kyiv, which had only been hit by Russian drones during that period.