Moscow confirmed on Friday that it had hit kyiv the previous day, amid a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Russian forces with high -precision long -range weapons destroyed the factories of the Artyom space company in the city of kyivsaid the Russian Ministry of Defense, at a press briefing, and added that the army was also destroyed on Thursday three power stations located near railroad junctionsespecially in Fastov in the kyiv region.
This first bombing in kyiv since mid-April has left at least one dead, an American producer of Radio Liberty, Vira Ghyrytch. His body was discovered under the rubble of his building on Friday.
This happened when Mr. Guterres, in Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday for his first visit since the Russian aggression began on February 24, was in the Ukrainian capital.
Mr. Guterres is excitedbut safeassured the spokesperson ofUN Saviano Abreu.
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman warned on Thursday that the presence of Western representatives would not prevent Russia from attacking Ukraine.
condemnation of indiscriminate strike Russian forces in kyiv, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday offered his in full unity to the people of Ukraine and to Mr. Guterres and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov which is nearby.
Germany condemned inhumane strikessaid a government spokesman on Friday.
” It once again revealed to the international community that Putin and his regime have no respect for international law. “
It says a lot about Russia’s real attitude towards international institutions, about the efforts of Russian leaders to humiliate theUN and everything the organization stands forsaid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the other day.
In addition to killing at least one of the strikes on Thursday, more than 100 city residents have been killed in the past two months, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko added.
At the same time, fighting continues, especially in the east and south of the country.
The enemy intensifies its offensive. Residents are conducting strikes in almost all directions, with particularly intense activity in the Kharkiv and Donbass regions, according to the Ukrainian General Staff on Thursday. According to him, the Russian army is trying to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian forces from north to east.
On the Russian side, the governor of the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, Roman Starovoit, announced in the Telegram a new mortar attack on his region from Ukrainian territory, at a checkpoint in the village of Kroupets.
Since Feb. 24, 3,033,000 people who fled the fighting in Ukraine have entered Poland, Polish border guards announced. At the same time, 924,000 people crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border in the other direction.
Nearly 5.4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled their country since Russia invaded Ukraine, according toUN.
Source: Radio-Canada
