Russian missiles hit an area near the center of Kyiv near the British embassy. Police, military and at least two ambulances rushed to the scene. One of the targets affected by the raids is a residential area and there are “victims”. Two bombs hit “a sensitive target” and a residential building next door where people were staying. The number of victims has not yet been clarified, whether they are dead or injured. The rocket attack “shocked me. Not because I was here, but because Kyiv is a holy city for both Ukrainians and Russians,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, quoted by Portuguese media. “Russia has just hit Kyiv with cruise missiles as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov visit our capital, Minister Dmytro Kuleba writes on Twitter.
Azov battalion, bombed steel works field hospital
Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense shot down three Russian missiles over the Odessa region. This was announced by the head of the regional administration Maksym Marcenko by telegram. Plumes of smoke can be seen in the sky above the city.
The United States has seen some Russian troops “leaving the city of Mariupol, although they have not yet captured it,” a US defense official said in a news conference. According to the Pentagon, Moscow soldiers are moving north-west from the south, towards Zaporizhia. “The conflict in Ukraine may last for months or even longer,” a senior Biden administration official said, stressing that the war continues to undermine the unity of the United States and its allies and “our collective determination to offer something to Ukraine.” must win.”
The Ukrainian judiciary has investigated “over 8,000 cases” of alleged Russian war crimes, said the chief prosecutor of Kyiv, Irina Venediktova, in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
Has been “The military field hospital at the Azovstal Steel Works was bombed: there are dead and new injuries,” reported on Telegram – quoted by Ukrinform – the soldiers of the Azov battalion, who also posted a few seconds long video showing first aid to the soldiers left under the rubble.” The operating room is destroyed. They keep bombing – the soldiers are still writing – but the Geneva Convention guarantees the protection of medical facilities in hospitals and the wounded should be given the necessary assistance without any discrimination.
We have news from a British citizen killed and another missing in Ukraine, says a spokesman for the Foreign Office. According to Sky News, they are two volunteers who joined the Ukrainian armed forces to fight against the Russians, but there is no official confirmation.
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The American President speaks in front of the White House. “Giving in to Moscow’s aggression would have a higher price” (ANSA)
THE JOURNEY OF GUTERRES TO UKRAINE – “When I see these war-damaged buildings, I imagine my family, my granddaughter panicking and fleeing. This destruction is unacceptable in the 21st century“. This was stated by UN Secretary-General Antonio Gurterres in Borodyanka, one of the cities hardest hit by the Russian invader, as he stopped on the main street in front of 5 partially collapsed and burnt 10-storey buildings. “The war will not end with the meetings. The war will end if the Russian Federation decides to end it and when there is a possibility of a serious political settlement after a ceasefire,” Guterres added.
“Life is slowly getting back to normal, but the biggest problem right now is the mines. In the Kyiv region there are still 22,000 explosives left by the Russians. It’s a huge task,” said General Oleksandr Pavliuk, head of the Kyiv regional military administration, who accompanied UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on a visit to Borodyanka, Bucha and Irpin, the cities in north-western Ukraine that were most devastated by the invaders Capital last year March. “What Secretary-General Guterres saw here cannot be compared to what is happening in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions,” General Oleksandr Pavliuk said. “The Russians say they want to liberate the country, instead they are destroying everything,” he added.
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According to the Guardian (ANSA), the Ukrainian President met with local and regional authorities to discuss post-war reconstruction.
The threat of a missile attack on Lviv from the south-east of the Black Sea was thwarted by Ukrainian air defenses. This was announced by the governor of Lviv (Lviv) Maksym Kozytskyi on Twitter, as reported by The Guardian. Because of the “threat,” the governor writes, an air alert was triggered in the region. But now the situation is “calmed down,” he adds. According to reports on the English newspaper’s website, Kozytskyi also said that police have so far processed 1,568 complaints about suspicious people and objects.
The Ukrainian judiciary has identified “over 8,000 cases” of suspected Russian war crimes, said Kiev’s Attorney General Irina Venediktova in an interview with Deutsche Welle.