Kyiv will allocate 260 million hryvnias ($6.2 million) for a drone interceptor program to defend the capital's skies from Russian drones, city authorities said on Friday.

To counter increasing Russian drone attacks, Kyiv has approved $6.2 million to enhance its interception system and protect the

A major project called Clear Sky will be launched in Kyiv to protect the capital's airspace from Shahed-type drones using domestically produced interceptor UAVs, informs Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv City Military Administration.

Russian drones and missiles bore down on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Thursday (July 10), with officials reporting two deaths, 13 injured and fires in apartment and non-residential buildings as Washington resumed weapons delivery to the war-torn country.