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Russian missiles over Kiev and Zaporozhye

Several explosions rocked the center of Kiev this morning. This was announced by the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitaliy Klitschko, quoted by Reuters.

Witnesses indicate they noticed this a cloud of black smoke rose from the buildings.

“Several explosions took place in the Shevchenko district, in the center of the capital. Details later, “wrote Klitschko on Telegram.

According to information from the emergency services there are dead and wounded. This was reported by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry at least 8 people were killed and 24 injured during the attack.

Photos showing rocket craters have also appeared on social media.

Kiev metro the movement of trains on the red line is suspended and all subway stations function as shelters. An air defense system is operating in the Kiev region, announced the head of the regional military administration Oleksiy Kuleba.

Also reported for explosions in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in the western part of Ukraine, as well as in Dnipro in the central part of the country. Air defense works in the area of Khmelnytskyi.

Attacks on energy infrastructure infrastructure in the Lviv region have been recorded, announced the head of the Lviv regional military administration, Maxim Kozitsky.

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy announced that schools have been closed due to the bombing and that classes will be held at a distance today after the air raid alert was lifted.

Eyewitnesses reported explosions in the areas Ternopil, Lviv, Zhytomyr and Dnipro.

The mayor of Dnipro, Boris Filatov, reports explosions in the city, four areas of the city have been hit Dnepropetrovsk region. Three municipalities in the Nikopol district – Nikopol, Krasnokhrigorevska and Mirovska – were bombed.

More than 30 skyscrapers and private homes in Nicopol itself are badly damaged. A hospital, a high school, a post office, a pharmacy, a library, shops, a bar and a hairdresser were bombed.

At night there was an attack on Zaporozhye, with the Ukrainian authorities reporting at least ten missiles. A demolished, multi-storey residential building in the city center. Traffic in the city is partially restricted. In this phase there are one death and five injuries

In the last weeks Zaporozhye was mercilessly bombed. On the night of October 9, the Russians hit residential areas with S-300 and X-22 missiles.

Strikes in Kiev come the day after the Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of terrorism because of the explosion of the Crimean bridge. Moscow says the explosion was caused by a truck crossing the bridge.

Ukraine has not yet claimed responsibility for the strike.

At the beginning of the war, Russia abandoned its offensive towards Kiev, after encountering fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces backed by Western weapons.

The Crimean bridge was blown up with a truck with explosives, three were killed

According to UNIAN, this is an operation of the Ukrainian special services

Since Moscow focused on the south and the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, deploying massive artillery in some of the heaviest fighting in Europe since World War II.

This was announced yesterday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at least 14 people died during a Russian missile attack against residential areas in Ukrainian Zaporozhye.

In recent days Air strikes were also carried out on Kharkivthe cities of Donbas and other settlements in Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces claim that Russia carried out the attacks with kamikaze drones purchased from Iran.

Last week though Tehran denied having delivered to Russia weapons for combat operations in Ukraine.

Russia has launched Iranian drones over Kharkiv, Odessa and Nikolaev

Russia has launched Iranian drones over Kharkiv, Odessa and Nikolaev

The rockets hit Zaporozhye

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