Kyiv was hit by a “record” drone attack on Saturday night as the Ukrainian capital prepared to celebrate the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.
Officials said the strikes appeared to be the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the war.
One 41-year-old man was killed by falling debris in the attack involving 54 drones, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Another 35-year-old woman was injured by falling drone wreckage in the Solomyanskyi district.
Ukraine’s ministry of defence claimed that the country’s air defence shot down 52 out of 54 Iranian-made Shaheds drones.
Iran has supplied Russia with drones and military equipment since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Following the attack, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky asked the Ukrainian parliament to impose sanctions on Iran for 50 years.
The sanctions include a complete ban on trade with Iran, investments, and transferring technologies, the Kyiv Independent reported.
They will also include bans on Iranian transit across Ukrainian territory and the withdrawal of Iranian assets from Ukraine.
A vote has not yet been scheduled by the Ukrainian parliament.
