new night of bombings in the capital from Ukraine. The mayor of kyiv has reported four night explosions in residential neighborhoods of the city. Vitali Klichkó has assured that the Kremlin’s missiles have hit two high-rise buildings in the Svyatoshynski district, one in Podilski and one in a private house. In addition, the facade of the ‘Lukianovskaya’ metro station has been damaged by the shock wave of the explosion. “There are victims in residential buildings, the information is being clarified. Rescue teams and doctors are working on the ground,” said the mayor, who for now has not been able to confirm an exact number of victims.
The attack marks a new attempt by Putin’s forces to take control of the capital. After the continuous failures since the invasion began, the Kremlin has intensified the offensive in this third week of war. In fact, this Monday, at least two people died following the impact of a shell on a nine-storey apartment block in Obolonski, kyiv, and a third was crushed to death by the rubble after suffering an explosion in the Obolón neighborhood. In addition, an attack on a television tower in Antopilbetween kyiv and Lviv, caused at least 19 deaths, and the number is expected to increase since, as reported by the governor of the province, Vitali Koval, there are still people under the rubble.
Today, on the twentieth day of war, the anti-aircraft sirens have been heard again. An almost daily tune for the inhabitants of kyiv, who see the city surrounded by the siege to the north and west, but also for those from other parts of the country such as Kharkov, where a large fire has also occurred after suffering a bombardment tonight an area near the Central Market of the city, the second most important in Ukraine.
Odesa, to the south, resists one more day while Russian troops take control of practically the entire Ukrainian coast. The Government has informed of the opening this Tuesday of another nine humanitarian corridors with which they will try, once again, to deliver material and basic supplies to Mariupol, which is already the victim of a true massacre with more than 2,500 civilians killed during the harsh siege to which it has been subjected for more than two weeks.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Irina Vereshchuk, has highlighted that 7 of the 10 humanitarian corridors that the Ukrainian government wanted to install this Monday have worked normally, managing to evacuate more than 4,000 Ukrainians from conflict zones. According to data from Zelensky’s minister, at least 2,028 people were rescued from the kyiv region400 from the city of Gostomel620 from the villages of Nemishayeve and Vorzel100 from the village of Dmytrivka and 800 from the village of Peremoha. Also, 1,780 people were evacuated from the region of Lugansk -600 of Severodonetsk210 of Popasna76 of Horsky480 of Rubizhne82 of Kreminna and 340 of Lysychansk.
The UN is already raising the number of Ukrainian refugees to figures that were unthinkable since the end of World War II. Total, more of 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine since the war began. A horizon that does not give rise to hope and that coincides with President Zelensky’s request to extend martial law 30 days beyond next March 26, as planned.
Source: Lasexta
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