Russia has attacked the Kiev telecommunications toweras confirmed by the adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Anton Herashchenko, in a message through social networks, quoted by Reuters and Efe.
“Putin’s Nazis just bombed the TV tower,” Gerashchenko wrote on his Telegram channel. “The enemy is attacking the capital. The television tower has been damaged by two missilesaccording to the first information,” reported the state administration of the Ukrainian capital. The substation that supplies electricity to the tower, as well as the hardware of the television itself, have been hit and damaged.
Various videos published on the networks show the moment of the bombing against the television antenna. For its part, the newspaper ‘The Kyiv Independent’ has reported that TV channels have stopped broadcasting. Local television ‘1+1’ has indicated that any lost signal will be restored, according to Reuters.
From Kiev, the correspondent Alberto Sicilia has reported the very strong explosions that have been felt in the city. As he has detailed, the lights of the city have gone out and, at least for a few minutes, Ukraine has been totally without signal of TV.
moments before, Russia had warned citizens of Kiev of new bombings on the city and asked them to leave their homes, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense cited by Efe. Immediately afterwards, Moscow bombed the television tower in Kiev, according to the Ministry.
“We warn Ukrainian citizens, used by Ukrainian nationalists to carry out provocations against Russia, as well as Kiev residents living near relay nodesto leave their homes,” the statement said.
Source: Lasexta
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