Kiev was hit by Russian missiles, the explosions went on all night and are continuing. The anti-aircraft gun reportedly shot down an aircraft over the capital of Ukraine. Russian forces that entered Ukraine from Belarus would be approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the capital. “Enemy sabotage forces have entered Kiev but I am staying here,” said President Zelensky, adding that so far 137 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 316 injured. The staff of the Chernobyl power station would have been kidnapped by Russian troops.
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07.30 – Zelensky to the Russians: “If you are for peace, fight for us”
The Russians demonstrating for peace should “fight for us” according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who addressed his interlocutors in Russian in a televised message: “Tonight the bombing of the city of Kiev began, it hadn’t happened since 1941. If you are for peace, fight for us against war ».
07.30 – Usa: Zelensky is the main target
Volodymyr Zelensky remains “a prime target for Russian aggression”. The spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, told CNN. Zelensky, he said, “represents in many ways, even personifies, the democratic aspirations and ambitions of Ukraine, of the Ukrainian people” and thus “would certainly remain a prime target for Russian aggression.” “In the next few hours, in the next few days” the Ukrainian president and his staff “will decide on the basis of what is in their best interest, in the interest of the Ukrainians, of the Ukrainian state”, continued Price after the US secretary of state , Antony Blinken, said he was “convinced” that Vladimir Putin is trying to overthrow the Ukrainian government.
07.20 am – Zelensky: the Russians bomb civilians
The Russian armed forces in Ukraine also hit civilian targets: President Volodymyr Zelensky said so, saying that “the Russians will have to communicate with Ukraine sooner or later to put an end to the conflict”.
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07.20 – Kiev: Russia has lost 800 men
Russia has already lost 800 men in Ukraine. According to the Kiev Ministry of Defense, according to the enemy losses include seven planes, six helicopters, 130 armored vehicles and over 30 tanks.
Ore 07.12 – Sirens in Kiev and Lviv
Alarm sirens sounded in Kiev after explosions were heard nearby. The Kyiv Independent reports it. According to the newspaper, the sirens were also activated in Lviv in the western part of the country. and local authorities urged residents to hide in air-raid shelters.
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06.10 – Blinken: Putin wants to overthrow the government in Kiev
Putin’s intent is to “overthrow” the Ukrainian government and “reconstitute the Soviet empire”. This was stated by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken interviewed by CBS.
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05.52 – Ukraine denounces “horrible” Russian missile attacks on Kiev
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kiev Kuleba denounced “horrific” Russian missile attacks on Kiev.
05.19 Ukraine: Ukrainian defense: “Russia has already lost 800 men”
Russian forces “have already lost about 800 men,” according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. “The losses also include seven aircraft, six helicopters, 130 armored combat vehicles and over 30 tanks,” he added, quoted by the Kyiv Independent.
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04.13 – Ukraine: media, shot down Russian missile or plane over Kiev
Ukrainian forces may have shot down a Russian missile or plane over the capital Kiev, according to Ukrainska Pravda sources. This would be the source of the loud explosions heard earlier in the city center. Around 4.30 local time (3.30 in Italy) residents in the Osokorki area heard two powerful explosions. “The attacks on Kiev with cruise or ballistic missiles are continuing,” Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Interior Minister, wrote on Telegram. Scrap would have fallen on a house, where a fire broke out
04.54 – Missiles on Kiev, Russian plane crashes on building. At least three injured, one seriously
A heavy air attack with missiles and heavy weapons hit the Ukrainian capital Kiev in the night, but “the air defense of the city successfully repelled the assault”. Local media reported this, stating that the fragments of a Russian plane, presumably a drone, and a series of missiles were intercepted and fell on two residential buildings. The buildings, located in the eastern part of the city, caught fire and three people were injured, one of whom is in critical condition, said the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko.
03.56 – Ukrainian government: Kiev hit by missiles
Kiev was hit by cruise or ballistic missiles: an advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Anton Gerashchenko, announced it. “Attacks on Kiev with cruise or ballistic missiles have resumed,” he said. A CNN team on the field reported hearing two loud explosions in central Kiev and a third in the distance.