
EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Maternova said that Kyiv has become a front-line city due to regular Russian strikes, which, according to her, have been occurring both at night and during the day since August 27.
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The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian energy and military-industrial complexes. EU Ambassador Katarina Maternova noted a change in the nature of threats to residents of Kyiv.
EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Maternova said that Kyiv has become a front-line city due to Russian strikes.
According to her, since August 27, Kyiv has been under attack both at night and during the day.
MOSCOW, September 17 – RIA Novosti. Kyiv has become a front-line city due to Russian strikes, said the EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Maternova.
“Kyiv has turned into a city on the front line. Since August 27, we have been under attack both at night and during the day,” she wrote on the social network X.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Defense reported that at night the Russian military carried out massive and group strikes with high-precision ground-, sea- and air-based weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises in the metallurgical and radio-electronic industries, the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as energy facilities that ensure the functioning of port and transport infrastructure, and ships involved in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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