Kyiv under attack: Russia staged a mass attack by “shaheeds”, there is destruction and victims
On the night of November 25, Kyiv suffered a massive attack by Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones.
An air alert was announced in the capital at 02:37. The first explosions rang out after 5 am.
Drone attack on November 25 – information from Chairman Vitaliy Klitschko
At 5:25 a.m., the chairman of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko confirmed the information about the explosions and noted that the air defense forces are actively working to destroy the Iranian Shahed. Separately, the chairman warned that several more groups of UAVs are coming to the capital and called on citizens to stay in shelters.
At 5:44 a.m., Klitschko reported the fall of Shahed wreckage in the Pechersk district and calls for medics in Solomyanskуі.
“In the Solomyanskуі district, as a result of the fall of UAV debris, a fire broke out in a kindergarten. There was also a fire in an open area in this area. Fire and rescue services are on the spot,” Klitschko continued.
At 6:11 a.m., the chairman said that there was a fire in several locations in the Solomyanskуі district – in a residential building and non-residential premises. Due to an acute reaction to stress, an 11-year-old child was injured and is being treated by medics on the spot. “The second floor of a five-story building was destroyed as a result of the fall of UAV debris in a residential building in the Solomyanskуі district. Rescuers are carrying out work to unblock two women,” Klitschko said at 6:35 a.m.
The fall of Shahed debris was also recorded in the Dnipro district of Kyiv. According to Klitschko, the wreckage of the kamikaze drone fell on a high-rise building – part of the UAV was found on the stairwell of the top floor. Klitschko did not specify the information about the victims in the Dnipro district.
At 7:35 Vitaliy Klitschko reported that the wreckage of the UAV fell on a four-story residential building. Rescuers promptly went to the scene of the emergency.
Drone attack on November 25 – information from the command of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and monitoring channels
At 6:20 a.m., the command of the Air Force warned that the invaders had launched a new batch of UAVs from the Kursk region in the direction of Sumy region. At 7:15 there was a new warning from the military that several Shahed groups were moving towards Kyiv from the north-eastern direction.
New explosions were heard at 7:16, after which the anti-aircraft systems began to work actively again. Monitoring channels report that at least 35 Shahed kamikaze drones were destroyed during the massive attack.
“The threat to Kyiv remains from the North-Eastern direction. This group is coming to an end,” read the message to the public Monitor from 7:33.
Drone attack on November 25 – information from the Kyiv military administration
At 4:09 a.m., the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhii Popko, warned the citizens that a large number of Iranian Shahed were entering Kyiv from various directions.
Almost two hours later, the official noted that as a result of falling debris, a fire broke out on the territory of a kindergarten in the Solomyanskуі district, and windows were blown out in some nearby houses.
“As a result of the downing of enemy drones, debris was recorded falling in the area of green areas in the Holosiiv district, with no casualties. In the Pecherskуі district, it was also on an undeveloped area. So far, there were no consequences. In the Solomyanskуі district, as a result of the debris falling, there were two victims – both of them had an acute reaction to stress. , without hospitalization. Also in this area, a 5-story building collapsed on the second floor, windows were broken. Two women were locked in the building.
Unblocking work is underway,” Popko told in more detail about the consequences of the attack at 7:21.
At 7:37 a.m., Serhiу Popko reported that the wreckage of a UAV fell on a high-rise building in the Holosiivskyi district, but noted that the information about the victims and the destruction was being clarified.
As Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said, 66 air targets were destroyed in Kyiv region and the capital.
As a result of the drone attack in Kyiv, the following were left without electricity:
51 residential buildings,
75 private sector homes,
12 institutions.
“Also, due to a mass attack, electricity supply disappeared in 16 thousand homes in the Kyiv region. DTEK energy workers went to the place and promptly restored the power. 296 families in the Vyshgorod district of the region remain without power,” DTEK writes.