[Live] War in Ukraine: "five missiles" on kyiv during Guterres' visit
Antonio Guterres (green) chats with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in kyiv.
April 28, 2022. via REUTERS - UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER
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On the 65th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on April 29, the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, was the target of strikes on Thursday evening, in the midst of a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and for the first time since mid-April. .
An attempt at humiliation, according to the Ukrainian president.
Meanwhile, the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine - where the Russian assaults are concentrated - are under heavy fire from bombs.
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The main points:
► The Ukrainian capital, kyiv, was the target of strikes on Thursday evening which left at least ten injured, in the midst of a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and for the first time since mid-April.
► Ten Russian soldiers were indicted Thursday for alleged crimes committed in Boutcha, near kyiv, said the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on his Telegram account.
► The UN coordinator in Ukraine announced Thursday that she was leaving for the south of the country to prepare an attempt to evacuate the city of Mariupol, almost entirely controlled by Russian forces.
“
I'm going to Zaporijjia to prepare for the hoped-for evacuation of Mariupol
,” says Osnat Lubrani.
Times are given in Universal Time (UT)
5:30 a.m .: Kyiv hit in the middle of a visit by the UN chief, the East and the South under the bombs
Russia continued its offensive in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine on Friday, the day after Russian missiles fired on the capital kyiv, in the midst of a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The bombardment in Kiev, the first since mid-April, came after the UN boss traveled on Thursday to Boutcha and other suburbs of Kiev - theaters of abuses attributed by the Ukrainians to Russian forces - where he had called on Moscow to "
cooperate
" with the International Criminal Court's investigation into possible war crimes.
“
In the evening, the enemy fired on Kiev.
Two strikes on the Chevchenkovsky district”, “on the lower floors of a residential building
”, said the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, "
five missiles
" fell on Kiev.
"
It 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
," Zelensky commented in a video.
Russia stroke Kyiv with cruise missiles right when UN Secretary General @antonioguterres and Bulgarian PM @KirilPetkov visit our capital.
By this heinous act of barbarism Russia demonstrates once again its attitude towards Ukraine, Europe and the world.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) April 28, 2022
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