At least 20 people were injured in Kyiv after Russia launched a new massive attack on the Ukrainian capital after Vladimir Putin threatened that Russia would “step up” its attacks on military targets in Ukraine in response to the Ukrainian army’s bombing of the Russian city of Belgorod. this weekend.

Terrorist attacks in KyivPhoto: Oleksiy Chumachenko / AFP / Profimedia

The Air Force of Ukraine reported on Tuesday morning that Russia had again fired several missiles at the capital Kyiv. By the way, numerous explosions rang out in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, against the background of Russia’s latest massive attack on Ukraine.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced in his latest information that at least 20 people were injured as a result of the explosion of a residential building, from which 117 residents were evacuated. According to the mayor, the building was engulfed in fire, there is thick smoke inside.

On Tuesday morning in Kyiv, AFP journalists heard a series of more than 10 loud explosions that shook buildings in the center.

According to Mayor Vitaly Klychko, the lights were turned off in several districts of the capital.

“Kyiv – stay in shelters. Many missiles are heading in this direction,” the BBC reported in Telegram, reporting that the Russians are launching Kinzhal missiles, some of them in the direction of the capital.

Debris of the rocket fell on the roof of a multi-story residential building in the Pechersk district, the military administration of the city of Kyiv reported. In the Obolonskyi district, the remains fell in the area of ​​the warehouse, and in the Holosiivskyi district – in the open territory of the park. Klitschko reported that a gas pipeline hit an infrastructure object in the Podilskyi district and was damaged.

Kira Rudik, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, said her house was “partially in ruins” and that she had suffered minor injuries in the latest Russian attack.

On December 29, Russia attacked Ukraine – about 110 missiles were fired at Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv. At least 30 people were killed and more than 160 were injured.

On Saturday, the Ukrainian army bombed the Russian city of Belgorod, according to Moscow, 24 people were killed and more than 100 were injured.

On the first day of the year, Vladimir Putin threatened that Russia would “intensify” its attacks on military facilities in Ukraine in response to the unprecedented bombing of the Russian city of Belgorod by the Ukrainian military.

“We will intensify the strikes, no crime against the civilian population will go unpunished, that’s for sure,” Putin said during a visit to a military hospital, declaring that these strikes would be carried out “on military facilities.”

“With high-precision weapons, we hit decision-making places, places where soldiers and mercenaries gather, other similar centers, first of all, military facilities. And they are very sensitive, these blows. This is what we will continue to do,” Putin added.

Describing the explosion in Belgorod as a “terrorist act,” Putin accused the Ukrainian military of striking “right in the center of the city, where people were walking before New Year’s Eve.”

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