Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was rocked by blasts beforehand on Monday for the alternate time in a week as several domestic structures were damaged in the central Shevchenkivskyi quarter, mayor Vitalii Klitshchko said.
saviors are on the point,” the mayor said adding that as a result of what he claimed was a drone attack, a fire also broke out in anon-residential structure.
1. Shevchenkivskiy quarter is a busy mecca in Kyiv with universities, pupil bars and caffs
2. The quarter was also hit by several explosions on Monday last week in retaliatory strikes by Russia following blast on a ground linking Russia to Crimea.
BREAKING: Two explosions in center of #Kyiv.
Likely drones. Third drone was shot down. Residents heading to bunkers #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/mkMudardV0
— Black Diamond (@_MajorNews) October 17, 2022
3. Head of Ukraine’s chairman’s staff Andriy Yermak said that the attacks were carried out with so- called self-murder drones.
4. There was no immediate information on casualties, Reuters reported.
5. Russia has frequently denied targeting civilians in what it calls its” special military operation” in Ukraine.
6. Social media posts showed a fire in the area of the apparent strike, with black bank rising.
7. The strike on Kyiv comes as fighting has boosted in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
8. Ukraine has also continued its counterattack in the south near Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
9. Ukraine’s chairman Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that there was heavy fighting around the metropolises of Bakhmut and Soledar in the Donetsk region.
10. Russia said on Sunday that it was continuing air strikes on military and energy targets in Ukraine.
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