According to Ukrinform, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko claimed this in a write-up on the messaging application Telegram.

“In accordance to preliminary facts from air defense forces, 15 missiles ended up destroyed more than Kyiv,” he wrote.

He later clarified that 16 missiles had been shot down more than Kyiv.

Early on December 29, Russian troops attacked Ukraine from many instructions with cruise missiles fired from strategic plane and ships.

In Kyiv, fragments of downed Russian missiles destroyed two personal residences in the Darnytskyi district. 3 people, which includes a 14-calendar year-outdated woman, had been injured as a outcome of the slide of fragments of Russian missiles.