KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine fought off a swarm of drones over central Kyiv on Wednesday, shooting down more than a dozen, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine’s military identified the drones as Iranian-made.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in what marked the first attack by drones in weeks.
“We are constantly strengthening our air defense and anti-drone defense,” Zelensky said in a nightly address. “And we are doing everything to get more modern and more powerful systems for Ukraine.”
Here’s the latest on the war and its impact across the world.
4. From our correspondents
Shelters, backpacks and FM radios: Kyiv prepares for nuclear war. Ominous references by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is prepared to use “all necessary means” to win in Ukraine, and chatter on Russian TV talk shows advocating the use of nuclear weapons, have led residents of Kyiv to consider a once-unthinkable possibility: that their city could be targeted by a nuclear bomb.
Ables reported from Seoul, Bisset from London and Parker from Washington. Rick Noack in Paris and Dan Lamothe, Matt Viser and John Hudson in Washington contributed to this report.
