Suspected Russian missile strikes hit downtown Kyiv on Thursday as was United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Ukrainian capital for Efforts to revive peace talks.
AFP reporters saw a building in flame and black smoke flowing in air with intense presence of Police and rescue workers in The areaResidential quarter on the West side of The city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said: “Two injuries in Shevchenkovsky district” with one Hit the ‘basements of Residential building said three people They were taken to the hospital but to the run of Their injuries were not immediately clear.
A close aide to the Secretary-General of the United Nations sent a letter to journalists confirming that they were safe.
The explosions occurred after United Nations Secretary-General Guterres ended the talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Efforts to evacuate civilians from the besieged southern port by Russia of Mariupol.
“There was an attack,” Guterres told Portuguese broadcaster RTP, when asked about the explosions attack on Kyiv … it shocked me, not because I’m here but because Kyiv is sacred city for Ukrainians and Russians alike.
Zelensky’s head of Worker Andrei Yermak said the explosions were “proof that we need quick victory over Russia … we must move quickly – more arms more Humanitarian efforts…because Ukraine pays a heavy price every day price for The protection of democracy and freedom.”
The move It provoked an angry reaction from the Ukraine government with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba denounced this as a “outrageous act.” of Barbarism “that showed” Russia’s attitude towards Ukraine, Europe and world. “
Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov also leather out writing on Twitter: “This is an attack on Security of Secretary General and on world Safety!”
The blows came just Two days after the Guterres talks, in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with The Russian president told him he still hoped the negotiations would end the conflict.
the irony of No time wasted on Mykhaylo Podolyak, A senior Zelensky’s assistant.
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Previously, on for him first A visit to Ukraine since Russia launched a file full-Scale invasion on February 24, Guterres toured many nearby towns and villages Kyiv Where Russian forces are accused of killing civilians.
“War is in vain in Twenty one century. “War is evil,” he said after visiting places including Bucha, where dozens of people live. of Corpses in It was civilian clothes foundSome with Their hands are tied and the others are buried in shallow graves.
Later at a joint press conference in Kyiv with Zelensky, Guterres admitted that the Security Council was failed To go far enough in Her Efforts to “Prevent and End” the Russian War in Ukraine.
“Let me be too clear: Security Council failed to do everything in that it power To prevent and end this war. This is the source of great disappointment, frustration and anger.”
