At least two surface-to-air missiles hit an energy infrastructure in the kyiv region of Ukraine on Saturday. The information was already confirmed by the authorities, who advised the population to seek refuge.
“There was a missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities” in kyiv, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidency.
kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said there were explosions on Dniprovskiy and urged citizens to “stay in shelters.”
Explosions were also heard in Zaporizhia and Kharkiv.
As of approximately 11:30 a.m. local time (minus two hours in Lisbon), there were no known deaths or injuries.
Since New Year’s Eve, the Ukrainian capital has not been attacked by missiles.
On the outskirts of kyiv, a residential building in the village of Kopyliv was attacked and the windows of nearby houses were blown out, Tymoshenko said.
Earlier today, two Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, the region’s governor said.
Oleh Syniehubov said that Russian forces fired two S-300 missiles at the Kharkiv industrial region. The extent of the damage caused by the attack was not immediately clear, but no casualties were reported.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 14 million people -6.5 million internally displaced persons and more than 7.9 million to European countries-, according to the most recent data. from the ONU.
Right now, 17.7 million Ukrainians need humanitarian aid and 9.3 million need food aid and shelter.
The Russian invasion was condemned by the broader international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on Russia.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 6,919 dead civilians and 11,075 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
