Ballistic missiles hit Kyiv without air-raid warning: Ukraine's Air Force says no launch information was received

Ukraine's Air Force has said it received no information about ballistic missile launches from Russian territory on the evening of 12 October, which meant an air-raid warning was not issued in time.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Quote: "At 22:10, the enemy struck the capital with what are believed to be six ballistic missiles (the type is being established), hitting several districts of Kyiv.

Radar systems detected the ballistic assets only as the attack on Kyiv was underway.

No information about launches from enemy territory had been received. The reasons are being established."

Details: The military also said that Russia had attacked Kharkiv with nine S8000 Banderol missile drones.

Background:

• Explosions were heard in Kyiv on the evening of 12 October, and an air-raid warning was issued afterwards.
• Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko later said a missile had hit a transport infrastructure facility in the Dniprovskyi district.
• A missile also struck a four-storey warehouse building in the Desnianskyi district.

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