At least one person was killed in a Russian air strike on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned that Russia had “prepared a massive attack,” citing air force reports.
At least one person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, the city’s military administration said on Thursday.
Explosions were reported over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia might conduct a “massive attack.”
Both the Reuters and AFP news agency cited people on the ground as saying they heard explosions.
“Sadly, one death has been confirmed,” the Kyiv city military administration wrote on Telegram in the early hours of Thursday.
Russia has struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles, said the city’s mayor, Vitaly Klitschko, urging people to seek shelter. He added that a few non-residential sites in Kyiv caught fire.
“The enemy is attacking the capital with ballistic weapons. The threat of further attack remains present. Stay in shelters!” Klitschko said.
Several people killed in Kryvyi Rih
Russia also attacked other Ukrainian cities overnight. At least six people, including two girls, were killed in a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, according to the head of the local military administration.
“In a village on the outskirts of Kryvyi Rih, a direct strike by an Iskander-M ballistic missile, launched from Voronezh, hit a private house where a large family lived, killing girls aged five and 12 and four adults,” Oleksandr Vilkul said.
He added that a further eight people were wounded and that the death toll may rise.
Russian missiles also damaged two apartment buildings and injured six people in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine close to the Polish border, according to local officials.
Meanwhile, the Polish Armed Forces announced on X that Poland had scrambled its fighter jets on Thursday to protect its airspace amid Russian air strikes on Ukraine.
“Fighter aircraft and an early warning aircraft have begun operations while ground-based air defense systems and radar reconnaissance systems have reached a state of readiness,” the post said, adding that the actions are of a preventive nature.
Source : https://www.dw.com/en/explosions-in-kyiv-after-zelenskyy-warns-of-russian-strikes/a-78167375