At least four people died on Friday’s Russian attacks on the Ukrainian metropolisThe Mayor of Kiev said Vitali Klitschko. According to him, another 20 people suffered injuries, of which 16 had to be hospitalized. The rocket and drone attack on the capital has triggered the fires of residential buildings in several places, reports TASR based on the report of Reuters and The Kyiv Independent.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Kiev was the target of the attack of Russian unmanned aircraft and controlled missiles. Reuters witnesses reported several explosions and at least one major fire during the night. The unofficial channel on the Telegram platform announced that a shopping center was also burning in the Ukrainian metropolis, the agency added. The Military Military Administration in Kiev said that one of Russian interventions caused a disruption of the operation of the metro system. The repair is expected to take approximately one day.
“The crews of our air defense do everything that is possible. But we have to protect each other – stay safe,” wrote City Military Administration chief thymur tovenko to the Telegram platforms.
Tkačenko said during the night that the unmanned aircraft hit the upper floor of the altitude residential house and caused a fire in the eastern part of the city, where he said there was a risk of emergency interruption of electricity supplies. According to him, the fire broke out in the apartment building in the western part of Kiev.
According to AP Russia also attacked on the Chernihiv region northeast of Kiev. The Kyiv Independent informed about Russian attacks Also in other major cities and western regions of Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said during their joint call, “he would have to respond to the recent Ukrainian attack on Russian air bases”.
