Several media outlets reported on Sunday night that explosions were heard from areas in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Large clouds of smoke then appeared over the city.
One person was taken to hospital, but there are no reports of deaths. The attacks disrupted a relative calm that had prevailed for some time in the capital. According to the AP was the first time since April 28 that there were attacks of this magnitude.
According to Ukrainian military low Russian bombers behind the Kyiv attacks.
“The Kremlin is carrying out new insidious attacks. Today’s robotic attack on Kyiv has only one goal – to kill as many as possible “, writes Mychajlo Podoljak, adviser to the Ukrainian president, according to Reuters.
In the Kyiv attacks, combat vehicles provided by the West, which were located in premises used for train repairs, were hit, according to Russia.
A long line of countries have sent weapons and vehicles to help Ukraine after the Russian invasion on 24 February.
The United States recently promised to send advanced missile systems to the country. On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said it would not change anything in practice. He added, however, that if the West gives Ukraine access to long-range robots, Russia will strike at new targets, reports the Russian news agency Tass.
Russia has recently focused militarily on eastern Ukraine. Intense fighting has been going on in the city of Sevierodonetsk in the Luhansk region. A few days ago, Ukraine seemed close to losing the city to the Russian forces, but then came information that the Ukrainian forces had to some extent regained control. However, this has been rejected by Russia.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk region, claimed on Sunday that Russian and Ukrainian forces were in control of half of the city.
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