2023-12-29 11:53:36
At least twelve people have died due to a series of attacks carried out this Friday by the Russian Army against the capital of Ukraine, Kievand other points in the European country, as confirmed by the authorities, within the framework of the invasion unleashed in February 2022 by order of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, Igor Klimenko, has indicated in a message on his Telegram account that two people have died in Kiev, to which are added five deaths in Dnipropetrovsk, two in Odessa and one in Lviv, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, respectively. . Likewise, he has put the total number of injured people due to the attacks at around 80.
“The enemy has bombed Ukraine massively,” has denounced, before specifying that “civil infrastructure, cars and warehouses” have suffered damage in the capital. Klimenko detailed that an apartment building has been hit in Lviv, while in Dnipropetrovsk a shopping center and a maternity hospital have been attacked.
In the case of Odessa, “a three-story building has been hit and there could be people in the rubble,” while 23 people have been rescued from a 17-story building in which a fire broke out due to one of the attacks.
“At this time, rescuers, police and National Guard agents They work to eliminate the consequences of attacks against all of Ukraine by putting out fires, rescuing and supporting victims,” said Klimenko, who warned that the victim figures could change “rapidly.”
In this context, the Kiev Mayor’s Office has indicated in a message on its Telegram account that “so far it has been confirmed that two people have died and 17 have been injured” and has stressed that “the enemy has launched one of the attacks “most massive” since the start of the war. Thus, he detailed that Russian forces have launched kamikaze drones, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and other types of projectiles, which has caused the air alert to have been active for nearly five hours in the capital.
“The capital has been attacked with dozens of missiles of different types that have arrived at the city in waves and from different directions,” he stated, before emphasizing that “more than 30” have been intercepted by air defense systems.
Zelensky promised responder
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has denounced that the attacks carried out by Russia have hit a maternity hospital, educational institutions, a shopping center and several residential buildings in kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia “and other cities.”
“Today, Russia “he’s fighting with almost everything he has in his arsenal,” The president stated in a statement published through his Telegram account, who detailed that “approximately 110 missiles have been fired, most of which have been shot down.”
“Unfortunately, there are deaths and injuries due to the attacks. All services are working in reinforced mode and providing the necessary help to people. My condolences to the family and friends of the victims and a quick recovery to the injured,” he said. saying.
Finally, he emphasized that Ukraine “will respond to terrorists’ blows” and “will fight to guarantee the security of the country, each city and the entire population.” “Russian terrorism must lose, and it will,” he stressed.
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