Air defense units trying to repel Russian air attack on Kyiv, mayor says

Ukrainian servicemen prepare an AN/TWQ-1 Avenger mobile air defense missile system for work during their combat shift, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/File)
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Ukraine’s air defense units were trying to repel a Russian air attack on Kyiv late on Saturday, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram messaging channel.
“There was an explosion in the suburbs of Kyiv,” Klitschko said. “Air defense forces operating in the capital and its region. Stay in shelters!”