The bombardment also included other regions of Ukraine. Local officials asked the population to “remain in their shelters.”
kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, was fiercely attacked in the early hours of Monday by the Russian army, as were other cities in that country. Adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister Rostyslav Smirnov reported that the explosions killed at least 8 people, while 24 others were injured.
“The capital is under attack by Russian terrorists!! The rockets hit objects in the city center (in the Shevchenkiv district) and in the Solomyan district. The air alert, and therefore the threat, continues, ”Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on his Telegram account.
The former world boxing champion who became an official also made “an appeal to all residents of the capital” to “stay in shelters during the alarm.” “If there is no urgent need, it is better not to go to the city today”, requested and extended the recommendation for “residents of the suburbs”.
“The central streets of kyiv have been blocked by law enforcement officers, rescue services are working,” he added.
According to the Ukrainian outlet The Kyiv Independent, at least five explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capitalwhich had not been bombed since last June.
According to the spokeswoman for the kyiv Emergency Situations Department, Svitlana Vodolaga, several people died in the bombing registered this morning in the center of the capital. “There are dead, there are wounded. We will have more details later. How much, I can’t say yet, because it is still being reviewed,” reported Vodolaga.
The wave of shelling, on a scale not seen in months, comes two days after an explosion partially destroyed the strategic Crimean bridge, an attack Moscow blamed on kyiv.
Russian attacks in various regions of Ukraine
In parallel, detonations were reported in Lviv, Zhitomir, Khmelnytsky, Dnipro, Ternopil and Zaporizhia. In fact, Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the city council of the latter city, located in southeastern Ukraine, confirmed that at least one person died in a new rocket attack.
“Tonight the Russian terrorists once again ended the life of a civilian. A victim has been known since six in the morning. Our sincere condolences to family and friends,” Kurtev said in a message on Telegram collected by the Ukrinform agency. .
He added that five other people were injured in the attack, including a child, who has cuts from glass fragments. Rescue efforts continue, he noted.
In Dnipro, meanwhile, the missiles caused structural damage, power outages and the destruction of two air defense systems. No casualties were reported.
“In Nikopol, more than 30 high-rise buildings and private houses, agricultural buildings, cars, gas furnaces and power networks were mutilated,” it was officially reported.
In parallel, it was specified that “the Russian projectiles hit a hospital, a high school, a post office, a pharmacy, the office of an insurance company, a library, shops, a cafeteria, a hairdresser and a parking lot.”
The latest fighting has focused on regions north of Crimea, such as Zaporizhia, which was hit by six missiles launched from occupied parts of the region on Saturday night.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday described the attack that damaged a huge bridge connecting Russia with the annexed territory of Crimea as “a terrorist act” planned by the Ukrainian special services.
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