On Wednesday night, a powerful explosion was reported near the railway station in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. In several other cities, it is reported that the air defense sirens are going off.
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LAST: An adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday night, just before 20:00 Norwegian time, that there had been a powerful explosion near the train station in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It reports Reuters.
Prior to the statement from the Ministry of the Interior, there were several reports on social media about a powerful explosion right at the train station.
There has been a lot of congestion at the train station in recent days, where several of the city’s residents have tried to escape as the Russian war machine rolls ever closer.
A journalist in Kyiv wrote on Twitter at 19.47 that the explosion could be known in the building she is in.
Russia is increasingly attacking infrastructure as part of its invasion of, and war in, Ukraine. On Tuesday, an explosion from a missile destroyed a TV tower in Kyiv. At least five people were killed as a result of the incident. According to Ukraine, it was a Russian missile attack.
Air defense sirens have been heard several times in the capital Kyiv on Wednesday night, also after the explosion that was heard.
According to the ministry, parts of Kyiv are now without heating as a result of what is to be a rocket attack near the train station.
Several groups of CNN reporters who are still in Ukraine report air defenses in other cities as well, writes CNN around 20.30.
The journalists report on the air defense sirens in the port city of Odessa, in the south of the country, in Uman, which is located in central Ukraine.
They also confirm that they have heard a powerful explosion in Kyiv.
Here are the matches taking place in Ukraine:
Russia’s war against Ukraine is in its seventh day. According to a US official, Russia is behind schedule for the invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported earlier Wednesday.
The same was reported by Foreign Police reporter Jack Detsch on Twitter. There he wrote that early reports indicated that the United States expected Russia to attack the Ukrainian capital Kyiv within 24 to 48 hours after the start of the war.
But that has not happened on a full scale with ground forces. The war has nevertheless approached the Ukrainian capital more and more, and Tuesday became one TV tower in the city hit by what is supposed to be a Russian rocket. At least five people died as a result of the explosion.
Russia has also claimed to have taken control of the strategically important city of Kherson in the south, but this has not been confirmed.
Should the city fall under Russian control, it will help the Russians establish a so-called land bridge that can extend both east towards the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, but also west towards Odessa.
Disagree on the number killed
More than 7,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since Russia went to war with Ukraine, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday night.
It is a sharp jump since the previous figure the Ukrainian authorities stated was “over 5800”.
But Russia claims that the figure is far lower than both of these figures. Earlier Wednesday, Russia commented on the figures for the first time since going to war. They say 498 Russian soldiers have been killed so far.
Russia also claims that 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed. Ukraine has so far not commented on the death toll for its own soldiers, but says that more than 2,000 civilians have been killed so far.
The Ukrainian adviser also says that Ukraine has taken hundreds of Russian soldiers as prisoners of war, including high-ranking officers.
None of the figures have been confirmed.
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