Two residential buildings were hit on Tuesday in a new Russian attack on kyiv, which caused at least one death, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, said on Telegram, while anti-aircraft sirens were heard in all regions of the country. according to defense officials.
“Rescuers found the body of a dead person,” wrote Vitali Klitschko.
According to the mayor, doctors and rescue teams are at the scene of the attacks, in the Pechersk district, in the center.
The anti-aircraft alert was activated throughout the territory in the early afternoon due to possible missile attacks. Previously, the heads of the regional administrations of Kryvyi Rih (center), Oleksandr Vilkul and Mykolaiv (south) reported a massive missile launch from Russian territory.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.8 million to European countries-, according to the most recent data. of the UN, which catalogs this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the wider international community, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia in political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 6,557 dead civilians and 10,074 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
News updated at 15:54
Source: TSF