“Ukraine Under Attack”. Strong explosions in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities

A loud explosion was heard in central Kiev on Monday. Other Ukrainian cities are being bombed.

“Ukraine is under missile attack. There are reports of attacks in several cities in our country,” Kyrillo Tymoshenko, deputy to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said on social media.

The explosions in the Ukrainian capital occurred around 8.15am (6.15am in mainland Portugal), and were preceded by several tens of minutes of anti-aircraft alarms. The last bombing in Kiev took place on June 26.

According to videos posted on social media, several columns of black smoke could be seen in different parts of the city.




A journalist from Agence France-Presse (AFP) saw several ambulances in the center of the Ukrainian capital heading towards the sites of the explosions.

Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported that it was not yet known if there were any casualties in the attack.

According to the daily “Kyiy Independent”, at least Five explosions Heard this morning in the heart of the capital, during rush hour. An explosion occurred in front of Shevchenko University.

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“Kii Independent” reports that explosions took place in other cities in Ukraine, namely Lviv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipro and Ternopil.


The bombings came a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine Explosion on the bridge Annexation of Crimea to Russia caused three deaths Attack on the city of Zaporizhia 13 people died as a result.

The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 has already displaced more than 13 million people — more than six million internally displaced people and more than 7.5 million to European countries — according to the latest UN data, which ranks it. Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II (1939-1945).

The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and militarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia. Political and economic barriers.

The UN says 6,114 civilians have died and 9,132 have been injured since the start of the war. confirmed, underscoring that these numbers are much lower than the actual numbers.

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