The Kremlin ordered another predawn drone attack on Ukraine’s capital on May 30, killing at least one person and sending Kyiv’s residents scrambling into shelters to escape the latest wave of bombardments.
Kyiv Residents Scramble As Russia Launches Predawn Drone Attack
Ukrainian air defenses fire onto incoming Iranian-made drones during a Russian attack on Kyiv on May 30. Russia launched a fresh wave of drone attacks, killing at least one person and wounding several others, Ukrainian authorities said, adding that most of the drones were shot down by Ukraine's air defenses.
A drone is intercepted during the third Russian aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said on Telegram that fires broke out in several districts of the capital, and falling debris set a high-rise building on fire in Kyiv's Holosiyivskiy district.
An injured man stands next to an apartment building that was damaged during the massive Russian drone strike on Kyiv.
"One person died. In total, four victims were hospitalized in the Holosiyivskiy district. Medics provided help on the spot," Klitschko wrote, adding that 20 people were evacuated.
A burning apartment building damaged during the drone strike in Kyiv.
Emergency workers extinguish a fire in a parked car caused by falling debris from the Russian drone strike in the Pecherskiy district of Kyiv.
A woman looks at her apartment building, which was damaged in the early morning drone strike. The Ukrainian military said the attack solely consisted of Iranian-made drones and lasted from shortly before midnight until 4:30 a.m.
A woman injured during the drone strike on the Kyiv apartment building lies in an ambulance.
Evacuated residents look up toward their damaged apartment building as firefighters extinguish the blaze.
Men assist a woman as she leaves her damaged apartment building.
Evacuated residents embrace each other as they wait outside.
A woman clears broken glass from the window of an apartment building damaged during the attack.
Ukraine's military claims that nearly all of the drones were shot down on the outskirts of Kyiv and above the capital.
A firefighter walks near cars damaged during the Russian drone strike.
Russia has intensified missile and drone strikes on Ukraine after a lull of nearly two months, targeting military facilities and supplies with waves of attacks several times a week.
A firefighter reacts on the scene of the drone attack on the apartment building. The attack was the 17th on Kyiv in May.