Picture shows a cloud of smoke after a drone strike in Lviv on Tuesday --AFP KYIV, June 20 (AFP): Russian forces launched a major drone assault on Kyiv overnight as well as attacking other regions, Ukrainian officials said early Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
"New massive air attack on the capital," wrote the Kyiv City Military Administration, adding that it was the first attack on the city in 18 days to use Iranian-made Shahed explosive drones.
"According to the usual tactics for mass UAV attacks, drones entered the capital in waves, heading from different directions. The air alert lasted more than three hours," it said on Telegram.
"Almost two dozen enemy targets were detected and destroyed by the forces and means of our air defence in the airspace around Kyiv.
EU asks member states for 50b
euros to support Ukraine
Brussels on Tuesday asked EU member states to provide 50 billion euros ($55 billion) more to support Ukraine over the next four years, as part of a boost to the bloc's budget.
"This financial reserve will allow us really to calibrate our financial support according to the evolution of the situation on the ground," European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
The proposal from the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is aimed at helping prop up Kyiv's finances and covering immediate reconstruction costs caused by Russia's war.
The money, a combination of grants, loans, is part of the review to plug gaps in the EU's budget for the period 2024-2027 left by the fallout of Covid pandemic and the conflict.
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