Iran-made kamikaze drones hit Ukraine's Kyiv region; target critical infrastructure facilities

A Ukrainian officialhas said that three Iran-made suicide drones operated by Russian forces targeted Makariv, west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, early on Thursday. He also said that critical infrastructure facilities were struck in the attack.

"There was a overnight drones' bombardment by invaders on the Makariv community," Andriy Nebytov, head of the Kyiv region police said on the Telegram messaging app.

"According to preliminary information, there were no casualties."

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Separately, Oleksiy Kuleba, the governor of the Kyiv region, said that Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns nearKyiv.

Kuleba stated on the Telegram messaging service that preliminary findings indicated that Iran-manufactured "loitering munitions" also called "kamikaze drones" were to blame for the attacks. These drones wait around the target until instructed, and then ran targetdetonating their explosive payload on impact.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of Volodymyr Zelensky's presidential office, informed earlier on Thursday earlier that the attack took place by "kamikaze drones on critical infrastructure facilities", without providing further details.

The kamikaze drone attack comes after theUNGeneral Assemblycondemned Moscow’s annexation of four Ukrainian areas.

Three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly in New York, or 143 nations, voted in favour of a resolution yesterday calling Moscow's annexation unconstitutional, further isolating Russia from the rest of the world.

Only Syria, Nicaragua, North Korea, and Belarus joined Russia in voting against the measure. The remaining 35 nations, including China, a strategic ally of Russia, did not participate in the vote.

In the meanwhile, after strong retaliation attacks this week ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to an explosion on a bridge in Crimea, more than 50 Western countries gathered in Brussels to commit greater military assistance to Ukraine, including air defence systems.

In recent weeks, Russia has reportedly carried out a number of attacks using the Shahed-136 drones built in Iran. While the Kremlin has not responded, Iran disputes that it gave Russia the drones.

(With inputs from agencies)

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