- According to the state emergency body, Russia attacked Kyiv using drones and killed at least three people.
- Multiple Ukrainian officials claimed that Russia used drones made in Iran for Monday morning strikes.
- Photos of the drone strike before and after are shown in the photos
Photos before-and-after show a drone striking Kyiv Monday morning in an attack by Russia. Officials from Ukraine claim that it was part of “suicide drones” made by Iran.
Above are two images showing the distinctive Shahed136 drone with its delta-shaped design pointing at a target located in Kiev.
Yasuyoshi Chuba, a photographer with the AFP news agency captured it. It wasn’t immediately clear where the strike occurred.
The first image shows the drone flying past trees and a lamppost. The second photo shows a fiery explosion along the wall’s far side. A person appears to have run and another is seen taking cover on a sidewalk.
Multiple drones struck Kyiv on Monday. The following photo shows the aftermath of an attack in another region.
Roman Hrytsyna/AP Photo
Serhiy Krak, head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), Three people were shot to death. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko 28 drones were flown towards the city.
Klitschko, along with other Ukrainian officials, included President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated that Russia had used “kamikaze drones.” These are drones that explode upon impact.
Multiple Ukrainian officials have identified the drones to be Iranian-made, and they are increasingly being seen on the battlefield of Ukraine.
The photo below shows a different view of a Shahed-136 over Kyiv Monday.
REUTERS/Roman Petushkov
Experts previously stated that drones are inexpensive and simple to use. Russia could use many of them. Michael Peck of Insider.
This could lead to Russia capturing Ukrainian forces using drones. Ukraine may lose one advantage that drones have: They are slow and low-flying, making them relatively easy to shoot down.
Ukraine was able Monday to capitalize on that deficiency in speed and size. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko Ukraine’s air forceBoth said that Ukraine was capable of shooting most of them down.
Russia can strike areas in Ukraine that are far away from its troops’ reach with the drones, which have a range of approximately 1,250 miles.
The UK Ministry of Defense has a similar policy This was earlier in the monthThe Shahed-136 has “a small explosive payload”, which means that it will not be able to fulfill Russia’s request for a drone capable of “deep strike” strikes.
Despite evidence to the contrary, Iran repeatedly denied that it gave Russia weapons.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry repeated this denial. Reuters reported.
The EU’s chief foreign policy officer Monday, April 12, 2009The EU’s foreign ministers will meet to discuss concrete evidence that Iran was involved in the war. If that is true, sanctions may be taken against Iran.
US intelligence officers The Washington Post that Iran has agreed to send more weapons to Russia, including surface-to-surface missiles and more drones.
Russia has lost significant amounts of its weaponry due to the retreating from Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine.
This is what Ukraine is doing now against Russia’s military.
Jake Epstein, Insider’s reporter, reported last week that Russian military experts believed Russia had Much of the cruise-missile supplies were used up.
