“In 2024, 500 air raid alarms sounded in Kyiv”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the report, during these attacks, the forces of the Russian Federation used more than 1,600 different types of weapons against peaceful Kyiv:
- more than 1,300 unmanned aerial vehicles;
- more than 200 cruise missiles (X-101/X-59/X-69/Iskander-K/Kalibr);
- 24 ballistic missiles (Iskander-M/KN-23);
- 22 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
- 7 hypersonic missiles “Zircon”.
“The most massive attack on Kyiv was a combined strike, during which the enemy used 78 weapons at the same time, including 49 Kh-101 missiles and 10 Dagger aeroballistic missiles… these missiles and drones killed our residents and destroyed our homes. In 2024, Russia damaged almost 550 residential buildings in Kyiv. Almost 120 people were left without a home,” Serhii Popko, head of the KMVA, wrote in a telegram.
According to the KMVA, in 2023 the Russian military carried out 73 air attacks on Kyiv, during which more than 800 weapons were used, including more than 50 ballistic and aeroballistic missiles, more than 260 cruise missiles of various types and almost 500 attack UAVs.
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The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.
The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.