KYIV – Russia fired more than a dozen cruise missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least two people in an eastern city and striking a residential building in central Ukraine, officials said. Air raid sirens sounded around the capital in the first attack against the city in nearly two months and Ukraine's air force intercepted 11 cruise missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles over Kyiv, according to the Kyiv City Administration. Two cruise missiles also hit a residential building and storage facilities in Uman, around 215 kilometers (134 miles) south of Kyiv, said Ihor Taburets, the regional governor of Cherkasy, the region where the city is located. In Kyiv, the anti-aircraft system was activated, according to the Kyiv City Administration. The missiles were fired from “strategic aviation,” according to the Kyiv City Administration, which didn't provide further details.

Source: The Nation April 28, 2023 07:14 UTC