For the second straight night, Kiev is attacked by "waves" of Russian drones

 For the second straight night, Kiev is attacked by "waves" of Russian drones

For the second consecutive night, Russia has attacked Kiev with several drone attacks, according to the military administration of the city.

According to Serhiy Popko, the head of administration, some ten drones were shot down by Ukraine's air defense systems over Kiev and its surroundings.

There have been no reports of "serious damage" or injuries, he added.

A Ukrainian drone that was traveling toward Moscow was shot down on Saturday, according to Russian authorities.

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was caught in the northeastern suburb of the city, in the Bogorodsky area, according to the Defense Ministry.

According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, there were no injuries or damage.

The raids on Ukrainian sites on Sunday came after a flurry of attacks the previous evening, during which Kiev claimed to have shot down 29 of the 38 Russian-launched Shaheed drones, manufactured in Iran.

The number of drones that were launched and destroyed cannot be reliably confirmed by the BBC.

The UAV was shot down by the Ukrainian air force on Saturday, earning plaudits from President Volodymyr Zelensky. This was Russia's most frequent launch of UAVs in over six weeks.

"Your precision, friends, is literally life for Ukraine," Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly message. However, he cautioned that as winter draws near, Russia would attempt to bolster its strikes.

He said that Russia may be preparing missiles for a wintertime assault on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.

Drone attacks on Friday night destroyed an oil storage in the southern city of Odessa, Ukraine, and cut out electricity in over 400 towns and villages around the country, leaving over 1,500 people without power.

According to Ukraine, 63 villages in the Zaporizhia area and roughly 21,000 residents in the Donetsk region were without power.

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Millions of Ukrainians were left without electricity for hours in very cold conditions due to Russian assaults last winter.

Meanwhile, the soldiers of Ukraine were "holding their positions on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River," according to a statement released by the General Staff on Saturday.

This week, the Ukrainian military said that it had established a presence on the Dnipro's eastern bank, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) away from Kherson.

Since Moscow's soldiers left Kherson a year ago, the river has divided Ukrainian and Russian forces.

In a report on its operations on the eastern side of the river, the General Staff said on Saturday, "Our defenders are consolidating their positions and firing at the occupiers."

On November 15, Russia admitted that "small groups" of Ukrainian soldiers had taken up positions in the settlement, but it maintained that they had sustained significant casualties and had little prospect of infiltrating the village.

Although Ukraine does not have "100% protection" against Russian assaults, Mr. Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia was "stockpiling" missiles and that the nation's air defenses are stronger than they were a year ago.