“Horrible Russian missile fire on Kiev. The last time our capital experienced something like this was in 1941 when it was attacked by Nazi Germany. Ukraine has defeated this demon and will also defeat the one -this”said Dmytro Kouleba in a message on his Twitter account.
Two loud detonations were heard Friday at dawn in the center of Kiev, according to an AFP journalist. The Ukrainian Army reported that “missile fire” were targeting Kiev, stating that they had destroyed two in flight.
According to the mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko, these shots injured three people, one of them seriously, in a residential area in the south-east of the Ukrainian capital.
According to Western military sources, the Russian army was closing in on Kiev, where a curfew was imposed, with the intention of “decapitate the government” Ukraine and install a pro-Moscow government there instead.
The Russian offensive began at dawn on Thursday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized on Monday the independence of Ukrainian separatist territories in Donbass, eastern Ukraine.
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