Ukraine war: Spanish aid worker killed in Ukraine as Kyiv foils Russian drone attack

Spanish aid worker killed in Ukraine - Madrid

A Spanish volunteer aid worker has been killed in Ukraine after her vehicle was hit by a projectile, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced on Sunday.

“A projectile fell on the vehicle in which this Spanish citizen was travelling. She was working there for an NGO working to improve the humanitarian situation in Ukraine,” declared the minister, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India, affirming having received “verbal confirmation of her death”.

Ukraine foils significant Russian drone attack - Kyiv

Russian forces launched 32 explosive drones on Ukraine, mostly in the Kiev region, during the night from Saturday to Sunday.

The Ukrainian army made the claims and say they managed to shoot down 25 of them.

"Last night, the occupiers attacked Ukraine with 32 Shahed-136/131 type kamikaze drones, 25 of which were destroyed by the Ukrainian air defence forces. The Russian occupiers directed most of the attack drones towards the Kiev region", the Kyiv military administration announced.

They say an apartment was damaged by falling debris, as were cars and trolleybus cables. One person was injured but his life is not in danger, according to a memo on Telegram.

According to Sergiy Popko, head of the capital's military administration, debris from downed drones fell on the Sviatoshynskyi, Podilskyi and Shevchenkivs’kyi districts.

Debris fell on a residential building in the Shevchenkivs’kyi district, in central Kiev, without causing any casualties but causing a fire which was put out by the owners, Popko said on Telegram.

In the Sviatoshynskyi district, located in the west of the capital, debris caused a fire in Sovky Park, one of the city's best-known public gardens, Kiev