Night of explosions in Kiev, while Russia intensifies its attacks in southern and eastern Ukraine

Night of explosions in Kiev, while Russia intensifies its attacks in southern and eastern Ukraine

The Kiev mayor’s office has issued seven air alarm notices throughout the night and has asked the population to go to the air-raid shelters. According to some sources, the Russian Army has taken the city of Kherson, and is on the way to taking control of Kharkov and Mariupol.

One week after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations plan to hold the second round of negotiations in Belarus on Thursday to try to reach a ceasefire. In recent hours, Russia has intensified its attacks on several cities, including Kherson, Kharkov and Mariupol. In addition, there have been several explosions at dawn in the capital Kyiv.

As reported by the UNIAN agency, the explosions have taken place in the neighborhoods of Goloséevo, in the south of the city, Pecherska, in the center, and in the vicinity of the Druzhba Narodov metro station, also in the center. The Kiev mayor’s office has issued throughout the night seven air warning notices and has asked the population to go to the anti-aircraft shelters.

Hours before, a loud explosion at the Kiev railway station due to the fall of a Russian missile that was intercepted and destroyed by the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense, without causing casualties, but which broke an important heating pipe in the city, according to the adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister.

Outside the capital, the Russian army has intensified its attacks on the southern and eastern Ukraine. Moreover, he claims to have taken control of the city Kherson, is on his way to taking control of Kharkov and blocks access to Mariupol.

The mayor of the city of KhersonIgor Kolijaiev, has confirmed that he has held talks with the Russian troops, although he has denied that they are negotiations and has not recognized that the city is under Russian control.

Eight people, two of them children, were killed last night by a bombing against a residential building in the city of Izium, in the region of Kharkiv, as reported by the deputy mayor of the city, Volodymyr Matsokin. Russian airstrikes have hit several infrastructures in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkov, including three schools and the Cathedral.

the mayor of MariupolVadim Boichenko, has stated that the energy structures have been damaged by the bombing and that there is no supply of water, heating and electricity.

the long russian military convoy of 64 kilometers that advances towards the capital Kiev is practically stopped due to lack of supplyaccording to several reports.


Source: Eitb

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