Five people injured after a Russian drone attack on kyiv

Ukraine brings to almost 195,000 the Russian military "liquidated" since the start of the invasion

MADRID, 8 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least five people have been injured this Monday due to the fall of the remains of several drones intercepted by the Ukrainian forces during a new night attack by the Russian Army against the capital of the country, Kiev, as confirmed by the authorities. ukrainian

The Kiev Mayor's Office has indicated in a message on its Telegram account that the five injured "have received assistance" and has added that seven vehicles and a building have been damaged by the debris falling from the drones in the Sviatoshin district.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has reported through its account on the social network Facebook that "during the night of May 8, 2023, the enemy again attacked the territory of Ukraine using Iranian-made attack drones 'Shahed'", while adding that the 35 devices used by Russia "were destroyed."

Likewise, it has estimated the number of Russian soldiers "liquidated" at about 195,000 since the start of the invasion, unleashed on February 24, 2022 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including more than 500 during the last day of confrontations. .

In another message posted on Facebook, he specified that "around 194,970" Russian soldiers have died in combat, including 540 in the last 24 hours, while noting that 3,730 tanks have been destroyed since the start of the invasion. , 3,018 artillery systems, 306 air defense systems, 308 aircraft, 294 helicopters, 2,614 drones, 947 cruise missiles, 18 boats, 5,958 vehicles and fuel tanks, and 384 pieces of "special equipment."

Russia has not provided data on casualties in the conflict since September, when Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed the deaths of 5,937 soldiers. The Russian news portal Mediazona raises the total number of deaths to 22,055 -including 2,367 during the last 15 days-, figures that it considers "corroborated" through publicly available data, a work carried out together with the British television channel BBC.