Air defence forces respond to Russian drones in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast

A mobile fire group. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Ukrainian air defence forces were responding to Russian UAVs in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast on the night of 16-17 February. 

Source: Head of Kyiv City Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko, Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv Oblast Military Administration

Details: At 00:36, Tkachenko reported that the air defence forces were responding to Russian UAVs in the capital. 

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Later, Klitschko specified that the air defence forces were operating “in the Obolonskyi district and on the left (east – ed.) bank of the capital”.

Kyiv Oblast Military Administration also reported that “UAVs had been detected in the airspace (of Kyiv Oblast – ed.). Air defence forces are responding to the airborne targets”.

Updated: The all-clear was given in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast at 04:53.

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