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Ukraine: Russians struck Kyiv for second time in week

The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine’s capital was rocked by blasts on Monday for the second time in a week during the city’s busy morning hours, with Mayor Vitali Klitshchko saying several residential buildings were damaged.

Several blasts hit the district after 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), when many people rush to work or school, just over an hour after the first wave of explosions hit some residential buildings.

“Rescuers are on the site,” Mr Klitshchko said on the Telegram messaging service, adding that as a result of what he said was a drone attack, a fire also broke out in a non-residential building.

Kyiv under massive Shahed drone attack; explosions are heard. Air defense reportedly shot down. Reportedly, a building is on fire after drone impact
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— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) October 17, 2022
There was no immediate information on casualties.

Kyiv’s city administration said after the first wave of explosions that “critical infrastructure” was being attacked.

Shevchenkivskyi district, a busy hub with universities, student bars and restaurants, was hit by several explosions on Monday last week when Russia ordered the biggest aerial offensive against Ukrainian cities in retaliation for a blast on a bridge linking mainland Russia to Crimea.

Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s staff, said the latest attacks were carried out with so-called suicide drones.

(VIDEO) Ukraine's capital Kyiv attacked by drone strikes pic.twitter.com/7LrJ1JHvw3

— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) October 17, 2022
“Russians think this will help them, but such actions are just their convulsions,” Yermak said on Telegram.

Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks with Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in recent weeks.

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