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.

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 on Wednesday launched its first combined drone and missile assault on Kyiv in over 70 days as Ukrainian leaders urgently seek more Western air defence support amid political concerns

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has intensified strikes that have tormented civilian areas, in an apparent effort to unnerve Ukrainians.

Ukraine's defence forces have destroyed around 15 Russian UAVs targeting the city of Kyiv through various countermeasures. There were no destructions or casualties in the capital. Source: Serhii Popko,

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday, authorities reported, 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.

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