Awakening under the bombs to Kiev. The airstrike on the heart of the city ended after about six hours at 12:25 pm local time, the longest since the start of the war. Moscow’s revenge for the Crimean bridge attack hit the Ukrainian capital this morning at dawn. Strong explosions with 80 missiles rained down on civilians: it is the first time since June that the firestorm in Kiev has forced people to hide under subway stations. Authorities have reported deaths and injuries, but the number has yet to be specified. One of the missiles launched by the Russian armed forces in Kiev fell on the street where the Ukrainian security service is based and near the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The Russians are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. They kill our people who sleep at home in Zaporizhzhia and people who go to work in Dnipro and Kiev,” denounced the president on Telegram while the mayor of the affected capital Vitali Klitschko. stated that the missile attack on Kiev hit critical infrastructure in the city”.
Source: IL Tempo
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