A string of explosions continued to be heard on Kiev, Ukrainefollowing the military onslaught Russia to the capital on Wednesday (2/3) night.
A series of explosions was heard in the Kiev city limits at around 22:40 local time according to the team CNN at location.
Russian airstrikes also hit the Babi Yar district in the heart of Kiev, killing at least five people. In addition to destroying a television station tower, Russia’s latest attack also hit a memorial to the Holocaust tragedy, according to the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak.
The memorial is located near the tower of the Kiev television station.
Matthew Chance from CNN was interviewing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when Yermak told the president that the Holocaust memorial had been destroyed by Russia. The exchange between Yermak and Zelensky was caught on camera.
The Babi Yar Punt Holocaust Memorial website has released a statement confirming that the memorial has been the target of a Russian attack.
“Putin’s attempts to distort and manipulate the Holocaust to justify the illegal invasion of a sovereign democracy are absolutely disgusting. It is a symbol that he is starting to attack Kiev by bombing the holocaust monument site at Babi Yar,” said Babi Yar Holocaust Monument Advisory Council Chair Natan Sharansky. .
“We remind Russian leaders that Kiev, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities were last subjected to heavy bombardment by Nazi Germany during World War II, now they are burning under the blows of Putin’s army, under false attacks. and outrageous narrative ‘denazifying’ Ukraine and its people,” Sharansky added.
The airstrike on Babi Yar district came shortly after Russia threatened to attack security facilities in the capital, Kiev.
The Russian Ministry of Defense even urged the residents of Kiev to evacuate immediately.
“We call on … Kiev residents living near the Relay Nodes to leave their homes,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted as saying. AFP.
The Russian military said it would target the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and the 72nd Main Center for Information and Psychological Operations (PSO) in Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement released by Russia’s state news agency TASS.
“In order to suppress information attacks against Russia, the SBU technology facilities and the 72nd main PSO center in Kiev will be hit with high-precision weapons,” the statement said.
“We call on Ukrainians attracted by Ukrainian nationalists to provoke Russia, as well as Kiev residents living near the relay node to leave their homes.”
Analysts predict Russia will also target a large antenna and communications tower in Kiev to weaken the Ukrainian army’s resistance.
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