Ukraine shoots down own drone over central Kyiv

Ukraine’s air force has shot down one of its own drones that had lost control over central Kyiv. There were explosions for around 15 to 20 minutes as air defence attempted to shoot it down in an area near the president’s office. 

Initially, Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff said it was an enemy drone that had been shot down. However, the air force later admitted it was Ukrainian and had been destroyed to avoid “undesirable circumstances”. There were no casualties or injuries from the falling drone. 

The incident comes after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday aimed at assassinating President Putin, who was not in the building at the time. Ukraine has said it had nothing to do with the alleged attack on the Kremlin, and has accused Moscow of staging the incident to escalate the war.