Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said: Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital at dawn on Sunday, hitting at least two residential buildings, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said, while elsewhere the Russian army reinforced their interests in the east.
Associated Press journalists in Kyiv witnessed rescue services battling the blaze and rescuing civilians. Klitschko said two people were hospitalized with injuries.
Ukraine’s member of parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko wrote on the messaging app Telegram that “according to previous data, 14 rockets were launched into the Kyiv and Kyiv regions.”
Before the early Sunday morning attack, Kyiv had not faced any Russian air strikes since June 5.
Meanwhile, Russian forces are seeking to swallow Ukraine’s last remaining stronghold in the eastern region of Luhansk, gaining momentum after taking full control on Saturday over the burning ruins. Sievierodonetsk coal city and chemical plant where hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were detained. .
On Saturday, Russia also launched dozens of missiles at several areas across the country far from the center of eastern battles. Some missiles are fired from long range of Russia Tu-22 . bomber The Ukrainian Air Force Command said it was first deployed from Belarus.
The bombardment took place before the meeting between the Russian president Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in which Putin announced that Russia plans to supply Belarus with the Iskander-M missile system.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said late Saturday that Russian and Moscow-backed separatist forces now control Sievierodonetsk and the villages around it. He said efforts by Ukrainian forces to turn the Azot factory into a “recalcitrant center of resistance” had been thwarted.
Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk province, on Friday said Ukrainian troops were withdrawing from Sievierodonetsk after weeks of shelling and house-to-house fighting. He confirmed on Saturday that the city had fallen to Russian fighters and separatists, who he said were now trying to blockade the neighboring city of Lysychansk from the south. The city is located across the river just west of Sievierodonetsk.
Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted separatist spokesman Andrei Marochko as saying that Russian troops and separatist fighters had entered Lysychansk and fighting was taking place in the city center. There was no immediate comment on the Ukrainian statement.
Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk are at the heart of Russia’s offensive to capture all of the Donbas and destroy the Ukrainian army defending it – the most capable and combative part of the country’s armed forces.
The capture of Lysychansk would put Russian forces in control of every major settlement in the province, an important step towards Russia’s goal of capturing all of the Donbas. The Russians and the separatists control about half of Donetsk, the second province in the Donbas.
Associated Press journalists in Kyiv witnessed rescue services battling the blaze and rescuing civilians. Klitschko said two people were hospitalized with injuries.
Ukraine’s member of parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko wrote on the messaging app Telegram that “according to previous data, 14 rockets were launched into the Kyiv and Kyiv regions.”
Before the early Sunday morning attack, Kyiv had not faced any Russian air strikes since June 5.
Meanwhile, Russian forces are seeking to swallow Ukraine’s last remaining stronghold in the eastern region of Luhansk, gaining momentum after taking full control on Saturday over the burning ruins. Sievierodonetsk coal city and chemical plant where hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were detained. .
On Saturday, Russia also launched dozens of missiles at several areas across the country far from the center of eastern battles. Some missiles are fired from long range of Russia Tu-22 . bomber The Ukrainian Air Force Command said it was first deployed from Belarus.
The bombardment took place before the meeting between the Russian president Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in which Putin announced that Russia plans to supply Belarus with the Iskander-M missile system.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said late Saturday that Russian and Moscow-backed separatist forces now control Sievierodonetsk and the villages around it. He said efforts by Ukrainian forces to turn the Azot factory into a “recalcitrant center of resistance” had been thwarted.
Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk province, on Friday said Ukrainian troops were withdrawing from Sievierodonetsk after weeks of shelling and house-to-house fighting. He confirmed on Saturday that the city had fallen to Russian fighters and separatists, who he said were now trying to blockade the neighboring city of Lysychansk from the south. The city is located across the river just west of Sievierodonetsk.
Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted separatist spokesman Andrei Marochko as saying that Russian troops and separatist fighters had entered Lysychansk and fighting was taking place in the city center. There was no immediate comment on the Ukrainian statement.
Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk are at the heart of Russia’s offensive to capture all of the Donbas and destroy the Ukrainian army defending it – the most capable and combative part of the country’s armed forces.
The capture of Lysychansk would put Russian forces in control of every major settlement in the province, an important step towards Russia’s goal of capturing all of the Donbas. The Russians and the separatists control about half of Donetsk, the second province in the Donbas.
