Russia attacks central Kiev with missiles for the first time in months

The president of the Ukrainian parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has accused “Russian terrorists” of this new “vigorous attack”.

As the Ukrainian counter-offensive to retake the occupied territories intensifies, at least four rockets hit the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, this morning without the official balance of the casualties being known at this time. The explosions occurred around 8:15 am local time (7:15 am Spanish Peninsula time), after the anti-aircraft sirens sounded.

According to the adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior Anton Gerashchenko, the capital was attacked with kamikaze drones. In the south of the country, the Russian army continues to bomb indiscriminately Zaporizhzhya, where another attack on a civilian building in the center of the city has been registered this morning, killing one and wounding five so far.

The Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has accused “Russian terrorists” of this “heavy missile attack”. “People have been burned alive in their cars,” Ukraine’s Rada accused on Telegram.

According to videos circulating on social networks, columns of black smoke can be seen from various points in the city. An Afp journalist has described the presence of numerous ambulances on their way to the sites of the explosions.

Kiev mayor Vitali Klichkov has confirmed the attack in the Shevchenkiv district in the center of the Ukrainian capital. “Emergency services are on the scene,” he confirms on his Telegram profile.

The EU ambassador to Ukraine, Matti Maasikas, has shared on Twitter an image of the appearance of a street in central Kiev after the explosions.

After the attack on the Crimean Bridge this Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukrainian secret services of the “terrorist act”, which partially damaged the only infrastructure connecting the annexed Ukrainian peninsula to Russia. Similarly, former Russian leader and current Vice President of the Russian Security Council, Dimitri Medvedev, has assured that Moscow will respond to the attack with the destruction of the “terrorists” involved.

Source: La Verdad

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