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According to the head of the KMVA Sergey Popko, less than a day has passed since...

The tenth shelling per month: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Kiev with the drones of Shahd, the first details

According to the head of the KMVA Sergey Popko, less than a day has passed since the previous shelling of the capital. This time, the Russians fired a few waves with short intervals between attacks. On Thursday, May 19, the armed forces of the Russian Federation attacked Kiev with unmanned aerial vehicles Shahd. All air purposes were shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Sergey Popko.

The official noted that this was the tenth attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian capital for May. At the same time, less than a day passed from the previous shelling. "The last aircraft in the capital is related to the use of UAV aggressor. According to preliminary data, the racists again launched Shahd's ammunition again in the capital," Popko said. The head of the KMVA noted that the Russians had a few waves with short intervals between attacks.

According to him, this is done in order to exhaust the air defense and influence the Ukrainians on psychological influence. Sergey Popko also reported that all the detected air targets moved in the direction of Kiev were knocked down by air defense. "Strokes in Kiev are not allowed! Thank you to the defenders of the sky for their excellent work! The data of the operational information are updated and specified," the official summed up.

Recall that on May 18, Russian invaders attacked the capital from strategic bombers Tu-95MC, Tu-160 from the Caspian district. According to the head of the KMVA, winged rockets of type X-101/555 were likely to be used to shell. Later, in the press service of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny, they said that only the night from May 17 to 18, the Russians released 30 winged missiles, as well as shock and reconnaissance drones.