Again there are several heavy explosions in the center of Kyiv. According to initial information, kamikaze drones are attacking the Ukrainian capital. Several houses are damaged.
The center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was shaken again by explosions on Monday morning. There is an air alarm, people should seek protection, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko. According to Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office, Kyiv was attacked with kamikaze drones, which are highly likely to have come from Iran. “The Russians think this will help them, but it only shows their desperation,” said the head of the presidential office.
Shortly before, the sirens had warned of air raids. “Stay in the shelters!” Klitschko warned the residents of the capital on the online networks. A fire broke out in a building and the fire brigade was on duty. Several houses were also damaged. Ambulances are on the spot. It is still unclear whether there have been victims.
A fireball could be seen in the sky, reported a reporter from the German Press Agency from the center. It was initially unclear whether there was destruction like a week ago. Details followed later, said Klitschko. A week ago, Russia fired rockets at the center of Kyiv, also at the beginning of the week during morning rush hour.
Previously there had been an explosion on the bridge to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea annexed by Moscow. Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin had accused the Ukrainian secret service of a “terrorist attack” against the bridge – and then had the rockets fired in retaliation. More than a dozen people died and more than 100 were injured in Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine.
Putin said last Friday that not all targets had been hit in the attacks. At the same time, he emphasized that he did not consider new massive blows like a week ago to be necessary. Putin has been firing rockets at Kyiv and many other cities since the start of his war against Ukraine on February 24.
