This is the moment debris from a Russian missile falls on a busy road in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and nearly takes out a car.
The images were filmed yesterday, on Monday, 29th May, when Russia fired at least 11 ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s capital just hours after a night-time drone attack on the city, which has just celebrated the 1,541st anniversary of its founding.
The CCTV footage, filmed at about 11:30am local time, shows the moment the debris from the Russian missile hits the road, narrowly missing what appears to be a bus and nearly taking out a car after falling right in front of it.
Other images show the burning remains of the missile fragment, which was later inspected by Ukrainian police.
The Ukrainian authorities said they had managed to take out all 11 of the Russian ballistic missiles, but locals were reportedly unnerved by the attacks.
Alina Ksenofontova, 50, a local woman who sought shelter in the Kyiv Underground along with her dog Bublik, said: “After what happened last night, I react sharply to every siren now. I was terrified, and I’m still trembling.”
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 461st day of the full-scale war.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 30th May 2023, Russia had lost about 207,440 personnel, 3,802 tanks, 7,469 armoured combat vehicles, 3,445 artillery units, 575 multiple launch rocket systems, 332 air defence systems, 313 warplanes, 298 helicopters, 3,092 drones, 1,107 cruise missiles, 18 warships, 6,219 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 454 units of special equipment.
Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.
The Ukrainian air defence forces shot down 11 Russian missiles fired at the capital Kyiv on Monday morning.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Patriot anti-missile systems provided by the United States were intercepting 100 per cent of Russian missiles.
Zelensky said: “When Patriots in the hands of Ukrainians ensure a 100 per cent interception rate of any Russian missile, terror will be defeated.”
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s President, has said that any peace agreement would need to include a demilitarised zone extending up to 120 kilometres into Russia and safeguards being established to avoid further aggression in the future.
US President Joe Biden has said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara is interested in buying F-16 fighter jets from the United States.
Biden reportedly responded that the US would like to see Turkey abandon its objection to Sweden joining NATO.
The Russian Interior Ministry has put US Senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list after Graham said in footage while meeting Ukrainian officials including President Zelensky that “the Russians are dying”, adding that it was “the best money we’ve ever spent.”
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a bill that imposes sanctions on Iran for 50 years. The bill was put forward by Zelensky in response to Iran supplying Russia with weapons.
