KYIV: Russia fired a barrage of missiles at Kyiv on Monday sending panicked residents working for shelter in an uncommon daytime assault on the Ukrainian capital following in a single day strikes.
A sequence of explosions rang out in Kyiv on Monday as Russia focused the town for the second time in 24 hours.
The newest barrages hit the pro-Western nation because the Ukrainian capital was nonetheless recovering from an in a single day Saturday drone assault, the largest since Russia’s invasion started in February final yr.
AFP journalists heard at the least 10 explosions from round 11:10 am native time (0810 GMT) in Kyiv, beginning only a few minutes after an air raid warning sounded.
Authorities later mentioned Ukrainian air defences had downed all of the Russian missiles launched towards the Kyiv area.
One injured man was hospitalised, they mentioned.
“A complete of 11 missiles have been fired: ‘Iskander-M’ and ‘Iskander-Okay’ from a northerly route,” Ukraine’s armed forces chief Valery Zaluzhny mentioned.
“All of the targets have been destroyed by air defences.”
Sergiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s metropolis administration, mentioned that Russians struck within the morning when “most residents have been at work and on the streets”.
“The Russians are clearly demonstrating that they’re aiming to destroy the civilian inhabitants,” he mentioned on Telegram.
AFP reporters noticed individuals working for shelter in a metro station in central Kyiv as volleys of explosions have been heard.
A witness video confirmed a gaggle of schoolchildren screaming as they ran down the road.
Many residents have grow to be used to ignoring air raid sirens however the heavy barrage prompted a panicked response. Metropolis authorities mentioned 41,000 individuals hid within the metro.
Down on the platform of the Khreshchatyk metro station, individuals waited on the steps checking their cell phones.
“I noticed six, seven or eight… explosions within the sky. That is why I got here right here with my work colleagues,” mentioned Maksym, a plumber, sitting on the steps.
“I am ready for the air raid to finish.”
“Everyone seems to be used to the evening (assaults) once we sleep at house. However the daytime is one thing new, it has not occurred in a very long time,” mentioned Yevgeny, a 39-year-old programmer.
“They wish to intimidate and scare us, in order that we are saying this battle have to be stopped. That’s what they’re in all probability making an attempt to realize,” mentioned Volodymyr, an entrepreneur.
The Kyiv metropolis administration mentioned air defences have been at work throughout the air raid, which was the sixteenth assault on the town this month.
AFP journalists additionally noticed missile fragments scattered on the highway in Kyiv’s northern Obolonskiy district.
“At first, they began capturing down missiles as ordinary. Then considered one of them fell on the highway, as you possibly can see, simply the tail of it. Some individuals mentioned it set a automobile on hearth,” mentioned Dmytro, a younger man in a plaid shirt.
Kyiv had been comparatively spared from assaults for the reason that starting of the yr, however has confronted virtually nightly aerial raids this month.
Authorities mentioned early Monday that Kyiv had repelled one other giant variety of in a single day air strikes, with no casualties.
Zaluzhny mentioned “as much as 40 missiles” and “round 35 drones” had been launched, virtually all of which have been downed.
Russia on Monday shelled a small city within the japanese Dnipropetrovsk area, killing one lady, native authorities mentioned. A 61-year-old man was additionally killed by shelling within the southern Kherson area.
A missile assault within the japanese Kharkiv area final evening pounded a small settlement, wounding seven individuals together with a pregnant lady and kids aged 10 and 14, the authorities mentioned.
Within the western area of Khmelnytsky, Russian forces struck a navy facility in a single day, officers mentioned.
In a uncommon admission of harm to a navy set up, they mentioned “5 plane have been put out of motion.”
Russia’s defence ministry mentioned its forces had attacked Ukrainian airfields and “all of the assigned targets have been destroyed”.
Moscow has warned the West towards escalating the battle after america agreed to greenlight deliveries of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Kyiv has been making ready an offensive though its timing and focus have been the topic of months of hypothesis. Ukrainian authorities have mentioned virtually nothing besides that they want extra weapons from the nation’s backers.
Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar mentioned Monday that within the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut “the depth of the enemy’s offensive has considerably decreased” as Russian mercenary group Wagner was handing over its positions to Moscow’s common troops.
A sequence of explosions rang out in Kyiv on Monday as Russia focused the town for the second time in 24 hours.
The newest barrages hit the pro-Western nation because the Ukrainian capital was nonetheless recovering from an in a single day Saturday drone assault, the largest since Russia’s invasion started in February final yr.
AFP journalists heard at the least 10 explosions from round 11:10 am native time (0810 GMT) in Kyiv, beginning only a few minutes after an air raid warning sounded.
Authorities later mentioned Ukrainian air defences had downed all of the Russian missiles launched towards the Kyiv area.
One injured man was hospitalised, they mentioned.
“A complete of 11 missiles have been fired: ‘Iskander-M’ and ‘Iskander-Okay’ from a northerly route,” Ukraine’s armed forces chief Valery Zaluzhny mentioned.
“All of the targets have been destroyed by air defences.”
Sergiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s metropolis administration, mentioned that Russians struck within the morning when “most residents have been at work and on the streets”.
“The Russians are clearly demonstrating that they’re aiming to destroy the civilian inhabitants,” he mentioned on Telegram.
AFP reporters noticed individuals working for shelter in a metro station in central Kyiv as volleys of explosions have been heard.
A witness video confirmed a gaggle of schoolchildren screaming as they ran down the road.
Many residents have grow to be used to ignoring air raid sirens however the heavy barrage prompted a panicked response. Metropolis authorities mentioned 41,000 individuals hid within the metro.
Down on the platform of the Khreshchatyk metro station, individuals waited on the steps checking their cell phones.
“I noticed six, seven or eight… explosions within the sky. That is why I got here right here with my work colleagues,” mentioned Maksym, a plumber, sitting on the steps.
“I am ready for the air raid to finish.”
“Everyone seems to be used to the evening (assaults) once we sleep at house. However the daytime is one thing new, it has not occurred in a very long time,” mentioned Yevgeny, a 39-year-old programmer.
“They wish to intimidate and scare us, in order that we are saying this battle have to be stopped. That’s what they’re in all probability making an attempt to realize,” mentioned Volodymyr, an entrepreneur.
The Kyiv metropolis administration mentioned air defences have been at work throughout the air raid, which was the sixteenth assault on the town this month.
AFP journalists additionally noticed missile fragments scattered on the highway in Kyiv’s northern Obolonskiy district.
“At first, they began capturing down missiles as ordinary. Then considered one of them fell on the highway, as you possibly can see, simply the tail of it. Some individuals mentioned it set a automobile on hearth,” mentioned Dmytro, a younger man in a plaid shirt.
Kyiv had been comparatively spared from assaults for the reason that starting of the yr, however has confronted virtually nightly aerial raids this month.
Authorities mentioned early Monday that Kyiv had repelled one other giant variety of in a single day air strikes, with no casualties.
Zaluzhny mentioned “as much as 40 missiles” and “round 35 drones” had been launched, virtually all of which have been downed.
Russia on Monday shelled a small city within the japanese Dnipropetrovsk area, killing one lady, native authorities mentioned. A 61-year-old man was additionally killed by shelling within the southern Kherson area.
A missile assault within the japanese Kharkiv area final evening pounded a small settlement, wounding seven individuals together with a pregnant lady and kids aged 10 and 14, the authorities mentioned.
Within the western area of Khmelnytsky, Russian forces struck a navy facility in a single day, officers mentioned.
In a uncommon admission of harm to a navy set up, they mentioned “5 plane have been put out of motion.”
Russia’s defence ministry mentioned its forces had attacked Ukrainian airfields and “all of the assigned targets have been destroyed”.
Moscow has warned the West towards escalating the battle after america agreed to greenlight deliveries of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Kyiv has been making ready an offensive though its timing and focus have been the topic of months of hypothesis. Ukrainian authorities have mentioned virtually nothing besides that they want extra weapons from the nation’s backers.
Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar mentioned Monday that within the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut “the depth of the enemy’s offensive has considerably decreased” as Russian mercenary group Wagner was handing over its positions to Moscow’s common troops.
