War in Ukraine: Kyiv bombed during Antonio Guterres' visit
kyiv was hit by bombardments on Thursday April 28 shortly after the meeting between UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
AP - Emilio Morenatti
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "
safe
" but "
shocked
" after the bombings that hit Kiev on Thursday, April 28, leaving at least 10 injured, while he was visiting the Ukrainian capital.
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Russian missiles hit kyiv on Thursday evening, for the first time since mid-April and in the midst of a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who for his part regretted that the United Nations Security Council had not succeeded in avoiding war in Ukraine.
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“
In the evening, the enemy fired on Kiev.
Two strikes on the Chevchenkovsky district
”, “
on the lower floors of a residential building
”, three people were hospitalized, said the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko.
"
This says a lot about Russia's true attitude towards international institutions, about Russian leaders' efforts to humiliate the UN and everything the organization stands for
," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented shortly after in a video. .
Guterres '
shocked
' but '
safe
'
Antonio Guterres is "
shocked
", but "
safe
", for his part wanted to reassure a United Nations spokesperson, deploring that "
it happened near where we were
", although it was a "
war zone
”.
A few hours earlier, Joe Biden had reiterated his country's support for Ukraine in the face
of "atrocities and aggression
" and asked for an
extension of 33 billion dollars from Congress
.
The United States "
does not attack
" Russia but "
helps Ukraine defend itself
" and has already delivered ten anti-tank weapons for each Russian tank, assured the American president.
(
With
AFP)
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