The military administration of the city of Kiev said that Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on the city - early Sunday - for the second night in a row, in an escalation of its attacks on the Ukrainian capital after a pause for several weeks, while the Ukrainian president announced new steps to secure his country.

The head of the military administration in Kiev, Serhiy Popko, said - via the Telegram application - that “the enemy’s drones were launched in numerous groups and attacked Kiev in waves from different directions, and at the same time they were constantly changing their course, and for this reason warnings of air raids were announced several times.” in the capital".

Bobko said that according to preliminary information, Ukrainian air defense systems hit approximately 10 Iranian-made Shahed drones in Kiev and its suburbs.

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For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced new steps to secure his country, especially strengthening Ukrainian air defenses in the coming weeks.

Air defense will become more important in Kiev's defense plans as winter approaches, and Kiev expects Moscow to launch more attacks on Ukraine's electricity, heating, and water supplies this winter.

The Ukrainian army stated that the energy infrastructure in the Zaporozhye and Odessa regions (southern Ukraine) was subjected to a violent attack by Russian drones, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported - via its Telegram channel - that out of 38 drones launched, 29 of them were intercepted.

At the same time, Russian air defenses thwarted a drone attack on the Russian capital, yesterday, Saturday, according to the mayor of Moscow.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced - via his channel on the Telegram platform - early Sunday morning that on Saturday evening the attack on Bogorodsky, in the eastern administrative district of Moscow, had been repelled.

The Russian Defense Ministry also announced that air defense destroyed a Ukrainian drone over Bogorodsky.