Ukraine says downed 22 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv

This photograph shows smoke billowing from the International Academy of Personnel Management following a missile attack in Kyiv on September 2, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Agence France-Presse

KYIV — Ukraine said Monday it had downed 22 Russian missiles headed towards Kyiv and two other regions overnight during an attack in which two people were wounded.

In the northeastern city of Sumy, a social welfare centre for children and an orphanage suffered damage after a missile strike on Sunday evening, injuring 13 people including four children, the mayor Oleksandr Lysenko said on Telegram.

“On September 2 overnight, the Russian occupiers carried out a missile attack on Kyiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and anti-aircraft guided missiles, and attacked with Shahed-type UAVs from the south,” the Ukranian air force said.

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It said Ukrainian defense forces had shot down nine ballistic missiles, 13 cruise missiles and 20 attack drones.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said two adults were injured and four cars caught fire from falling debris.

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Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region which borders Ukraine, said an overnight aerial attack by Ukrainian forces wounded one person and damaged a shop and an infrastructure facility in the eponymous capital Belgorod.