After Zelenskyj's warning: dead in major Russian attack on Kyiv

According to authorities, people were killed and serious damage was caused in a major Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported at least two deaths in the morning. They were found in the rubble of garages in the eastern district of Darnytsia. Two other people were rescued there alive.

Russian forces used a variety of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones in the attack, according to Ukrainian military blogs. The industrial cities of Dnipro and Kremenchuk were also heavily shelled. In the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluki, rockets hit a multi-story apartment block. There were dead and injured, reported the police in the Chernihiv region. A number was not given.

The attack coincided with the 74th birthday of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is waging the war of aggression against Ukraine. However, the Ukrainians were prepared for the attack. President Volodymyr Zelenskyj had warned urgently about this the evening before.

Many explosions in Kyiv

Numerous explosions were heard in Kiev in the early hours of the morning, reporters from the Kyiv Independent portal reported. “The rockets hit one after the other. As far as I can count there are at least ten to twelve explosions. “It’s pretty loud in the city center,” a reporter was quoted as saying.

Klitschko reported an attack on buildings in the Obolon district that are not used for residential purposes. Warehouses were hit in the Podil district. Such information is always deliberately kept vague. The Russian military reported in Moscow of targeted attacks on production facilities of the missile and drone manufacturer Fire Point in Kiev and other cities.

The evening before there had been a drone attack in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy. The RBK Ukraine news agency reported one dead and several injured, citing the mayor. Ukraine has been resisting an invasion by Russian forces for over four and a half years.