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Russia attacks Kyiv with 2,500 drones and missiles during 1,000 days of full-scale war

Nadia Boianivska
19 November, 2024 Tuesday
10:45

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russian armed forces have fired more than 2,500 missiles and drones at Kyiv

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The Kyiv City Military Administration reports.

They noted that during the 1,000 days of the full-scale invasion, 1,369 alarms were sounded in Kyiv, with a total duration of 1,553 hours. In particular, to attack the capital, the Russian Federation used:

  • more than 1,600 UAVs of various modifications;
  • almost 800 cruise missiles of the Kh-101/Iskander-K/kh-69 type;
  • almost 90 ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M/KN-23 type;
  • nearly 40 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles;  
  • 6 units of Zircon hypersonic missiles.

The Kyiv City Military Administration added that this year alone, Russia has used almost 1,250 pieces of various air attack weapons against Kyiv.

“In 1,000 days, Kyiv has experienced a dozen large-scale, combined air strikes. In the most massive of them, the Russian army launched almost 80 missiles and UAVs at our city,” the statement said.

  • On Sunday morning, November 17, Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine. Strategic bombers took flight, and cruise and ballistic missile launches were detected. Energy infrastructure was a primary target.

 

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