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Russia has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine for more than four and a half years. The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has repeatedly been the target of rocket and drone attacks. Air defense is suffering from a lack of ammunition, particularly against ballistic missiles and fast combat drones.
The Ukrainian capital Kiev was again attacked by Russia with ballistic missiles during the night. After the air alarm was triggered, several heavy explosions were heard in the city. Military-affiliated Telegram channels counted at least fourteen rockets in the first three waves of attacks. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one person was killed and two others were injured. Rescue workers were called to several parts of the city.
A house in one district was damaged and people may have been trapped under the rubble, Klitschko wrote on the Telegram platform. Local media reported several fires in the city area.
The attack after 1:00 a.m. local time (12:00 a.m. CEST) followed a day in which there had already been eleven air alerts. Fast, jet-powered combat drones struck again and again, against which the Ukrainian air defense system still has hardly any means. Kyiv also lacks ammunition to intercept ballistic missiles. According to Klitschko, two people were killed and 45 injured in Kiev on Wednesday.
Russia has waged a brutal war of aggression on its neighboring country for more than four and a half years. Ukraine is fighting back with the help of Western support.

During the night, Russia attacked Kiev with ballistic missiles, killing at least one person and wounding two. Several explosions were heard, a house was damaged and there were fires. The attack followed a day of numerous air alerts and underscored the continued weakness of Ukraine's air defenses against such attacks.

At the UN general debate in New York, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the international community to contain Russia. He warned that Russia under Putin was threatening not only Ukraine, but also Moldova, Poland, the Baltic States, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Syria, African countries and Asia. Zelenskyj described Putin as “patient zero” of the war and emphasized the urgent need for anti-aircraft weapons and the further development of Ukrainian drone technology in the international cooperation framework.
On Wednesday evening, the airspace at Berlin's BER airport was closed at 8:20 p.m. after a drone sighting around 8:00 p.m. Several flights were diverted. After 45 minutes the airspace was reopened. The federal police were unable to locate the drone. Such incidents have occurred repeatedly in Germany and Europe this year.
In the evening, flight operations were suspended for 45 minutes due to a drone sighting at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER). The lockdown was lifted at 9:05 p.m. There were delays and diversions. The federal police were unable to locate the drone. In the first half of the year, 28 drones were spotted at BER - more than at any other German airport. A drone prepared with explosives was recently discovered in Leipzig/Halle, for which the federal government blames Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Vladimir Putin of incurring significant human losses in order to implement his plans for conquest. At the same time, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hopeful about Putin's possible participation in the G20 summit in Miami and sees interest in a limited ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
At the Berlin-Brandenburg capital airport (BER), flight operations were completely stopped for 45 minutes due to a drone sighting. The lockdown was lifted at 9:05 p.m. In the first half of the year, 28 drones were spotted at BER - more than at any other German airport.