The Ukrainian capital again on alert. Three residential buildings in kyiv were hit by a Russian missile “attack” on Tuesday, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced, after anti-aircraft sirens alerted all parts of Ukraine according to an official app Ukrainians have on their phones.
“Attack on the capital: according to preliminary information, two residential buildings were hit in the Pechersk district. Several missiles were shot down by the anti-aircraft defense over kyiv,” Vitaly Klitschko initially said on Telegram. “Doctors and rescuers are at the scene of the strikes,” added the mayor of kyiv. In the process, the mayor of kyiv announced an attack on a third building, still on Telegram.
Massive strikes after the defeat of Kherson
These strikes come a few days after a humiliating retreat of Russian forces in southern Ukraine and in the middle of the G20 summit in Indonesia.
“Russia is responding to Volodymyr Zelensky’s powerful speech at the G20 with a new missile attack,” denounced the chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Andriï Yermak, on Twitter. “Does anyone seriously think the Kremlin really wants peace? He wants obedience. But in the end, the terrorists always lose,” he added.
In a short video posted on Telegram by deputy head of the presidency Kyrylo Tymoshenko, part of a five-story building could be seen on fire, impressive flames shooting out from within. “The danger has not passed. Stay in the shelters! “, he urged the inhabitants of the capital.
Air defense sirens sounded in all regions of Ukraine according to an official air defense app used by Ukrainians on a daily basis. The Russian army has carried out several waves of massive kamikaze missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in recent weeks. The last Russian strike on kyiv dates back to October 17.