KYIV / OSLO (VG) Almost three months after Russian forces withdrew from the areas around Kyiv, several missiles hit the center of the capital on Sunday morning. Five people are injured, according to police.
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Early today, the people of Kyiv woke up to a series of explosions. Shortly afterwards, smoke rose to the sky in the center.
– I was lying asleep as everything exploded, says a young man with blood running down from his ear.
VG’s reporter in Kyiv, Kyrre Lien, heard three explosions in the morning, with subsequent smoke rising from a residential area in the center of the capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko confirms that there have been rocket attacks in the Shevchenkivsky district and that there must be damage. Ambulances and rescue personnel are on site.
On Telegram, Klitschko writes that there are people in the ruins.
– We can hear the voices of children lying in the ruins, says mayor Vitaly Klitschko to VG.