Ukraine Says it Downs Drones Over Kyiv, Debris Sets Shop Ablaze

Investigators inspect the damage after a missile strike in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, 27 March 2023. (EPA)
Investigators inspect the damage after a missile strike in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, 27 March 2023. (EPA)
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Ukraine Says it Downs Drones Over Kyiv, Debris Sets Shop Ablaze

Investigators inspect the damage after a missile strike in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, 27 March 2023. (EPA)
Investigators inspect the damage after a missile strike in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, 27 March 2023. (EPA)

Ukrainian authorities said air defenses shot down Russian drones near Kyiv on Monday and falling debris set a non-residential site ablaze, but no casualties were found.

Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said Russia had launched 12 drones towards Kyiv but Ukraine's air defense forces had identified and destroyed "all enemy targets" in the airspace around the capital.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said in its daily morning update that Russia launched a total of 15 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight on Ukraine, with Ukrainian forces destroying 14 of them.

Drone wreckage fell in the western Kyiv district of Sviatoshyno, sparking a fire across a 200-square-meter (2100 sq foot) area in a non-residential building, he added.

"According to preliminary data there are no casualties at this time," Popko said in a Telegram post, though he added the information was being clarified.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that a shop was set ablaze in Sviatoshyno but no casualties were found and the fire was contained.

Air raid alerts were declared across half the country's regions but the all clear was given for Kyiv after explosions rang out in the city.



Russian-made Plane Engine Catches Fire after Landing in Türkiye’s Antalya

Representation photo: This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT
Representation photo: This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT
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Russian-made Plane Engine Catches Fire after Landing in Türkiye’s Antalya

Representation photo: This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT
Representation photo: This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

The engine of a Russian-made passenger plane caught fire after landing at southern Türkiye's Antalya Airport on Sunday, the Turkish transport ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said landings at the airport were suspended until 0300 local time (0000 GMT) while authorities towed the plane from the runway.
All 89 passengers and six crew were safely evacuated from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane operated by Azimuth Airlines from the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, the ministry said.
A video shared on social media by Airport Haber news website showed emergency units responding at the site of the fire, with flames and smoke coming out of the aircraft's engine, Reuters reported.
Videos shared by the transport ministry following the incident showed the aircraft with fire extinguishing foam underneath as firefighters continue to spray the left-side engine to cool it down.
Azimuth Airlines said the plane had made a rough landing owing to wind shear. Russia's Federal Aviation Authority, Rosaviatsiya, said it was investigating the incident.
Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 said the aircraft was seven years old. Russia is short of aircraft due to Western sanctions imposed in connection with Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.