Day 494 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russia hits Kyiv with Drones

Day 494 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Russia carried out its first nighttime drone attack on Kyiv in 12 days
• Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group to be shut down amid failed rebellion
• Ultranationalists want to limit the travel of the families of Russian officials
• Poland will strengthen security measures on its border with Belarus

Russia carried out its first nighttime drone attack on Kyiv in 12 days

Russia carried out a nighttime drone attack on Kyiv after a 12-day hiatus, the Ukrainian military said today, with the Ukrainian capital's air defense systems destroying all targets, Reuters reported.

Ukraine's air defense forces said eight Iranian "Shahed" drones and three cruise missiles were involved in the attack, which were all downed.

"Another enemy attack against Kyiv," Colonel Serhiy Popko, who heads the military administration of Kyiv, wrote in his Telegram post.

Three private homes were damaged by falling debris in Kyiv region, and one person was injured, Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the Kyiv region military administration, said on his Facebook account.

Eyewitnesses told Reuters they heard explosions similar to the sound of air defense systems hitting targets. There is currently no information on the scale of the attack.

An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv, its environs and in a number of regions in central and eastern Ukraine at 02:00 a.m. that night local time, which lasted for about an hour.

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