After nearly three months, kyiv again received Russian missile attacks, which all morning hit sensitive buildings and structures in the capital of Ukraine. A young woman who was walking down the street was able to record one of those attacks of her, which almost cost her her life: in her video we can see that she was saved from a few meters.
The video was published by the Kyiv Post newspaper and shows a young Ukrainian woman walking the streets of the city record a video in selfie mode. Only his face is visible.
However, at one point the low whistle of a missile passing nearby is heard and the next shot speaks volumes.: everything flies around him. The fire of a close shot lights up his face.
The young woman, whose identity was not revealed, continued to record and began to escape from the flames that resulted in a missile that nearly cost her her life. For only a couple of meters she was not hit.
It was the first round of attacks that the capital has received since June 26 and the largest campaign of attacks in all of Ukraine in months. Since then, Kiev had been trying to regain some of its normalcy. According to the authorities, at least five people died in that city.
the Russian attack comes as retaliation for an explosion that partially destroyed the Crimean strategic bridge. He also coincided with a meeting of the Security Council of Russian President Vladimir Putin, convened after the explosion on the Kerch bridge.
The Ukrainian military said Russian forces had fired 75 missiles at cities across the country in a series of attacks that included the use of Iranian drones launched from Belarus. The last bombing of the Ukrainian capital dates back to the end of June.
“Massive attacks with long-range high-precision weapons have been carried out against Ukraine’s energy, military and communications infrastructure,” Putin said at the start of the Security Council, according to television footage.
The head of the Kremlin promised “severe” responses. in case of new attacks.
At the same time, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin’s close ally, accused Ukraine of preparing an attack on his country, for which he announced the deployment of joint troops with Russia.
In a speech to the nation, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski said the morning was “difficult” and explained that the Russian forces had two targets with their bombing.
“They want panic and chaos and they want to destroy our energy system“the president said, announcing that Russian bombs had targeted cities such as Dnipro and Zaporizhia, in the center of the country, and Lviv, in the west.
“The second target is the people,” he said, accusing the Russian army of launching attacks with the aim of “causing as much damage as possible”.
“We were sleeping when we heard the first explosion. We woke up, we went to see what was happening and then there was the second explosion. “Ksenia Ryazantseva, a 39-year-old language teacher, told AFP.
Zelensky said he spoke with the leaders of Germany and France and urged them to “increase the pressure” on Russia. “We talked about strengthening our air defenseof the need for a strong European and international reaction, as well as increasing pressure on the Russian Federation, “Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
Source: Clarin
