{"id":1369946,"date":"2026-03-16T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-attack-on-kyiv-drone-debris-falls-near-independence-monument\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:31:51","slug":"russian-attack-on-kyiv-drone-debris-falls-near-independence-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-attack-on-kyiv-drone-debris-falls-near-independence-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian attack on Kyiv: drone debris falls near Independence Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Monday, March 16, during a Russian air attack on Kyiv, debris from an enemy drone fell in the center of the capital, near the Independence Monument.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was reported by local newspapers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The released footage shows part of the drone lying between the steles placed on Independence Square.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site where the Russian UAV&#8217;s wreckage fell has now been blocked off with red restrictive tape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, so far neither the head of the KMVA nor the mayor have reported or commented on the falling debris near the monument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Klitschko only noted that the wreckage of a drone fell in the Shevchenko district, the center of the capital. According to him, there were no injuries or a fire.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?23\" data-telegram-post=\"kievreal1\/113248\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, Russia attacked Kyiv, and <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiiany-atakuvaly-kyiv-ie-padinnia-ulamkiv-bpla-u-tsentri-stolytsi-ta-shevchenkivskomu-rayoni\/\">air defense forces were operating in the capital<\/a> amid UAV strikes.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, March 16, during a Russian air attack on Kyiv, debris from an enemy drone fell in the center of the capital, near the Independence Monument. This was reported by local newspapers. The released footage shows part of the drone lying between the steles placed on Independence Square. The site where the Russian UAV&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":580432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1369946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}