Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Friday that five explosions were heard near a power station in the city for between three and five minutes.
“Emergency services are underway. We are figuring out the details,” she said.
Klitschko added that the city’s bridges have been taken under special protection and control as Russian troops are approaching, while checkpoints are being installed near strategic objects in the city.
“The situation now – no exaggeration – is threatening for Kiev. The night, close to the morning, will be very difficult,” she continued.
Witnesses confirmed to Reuters that artillery fire was heard in the Ukrainian capital overnight at local time.
Another witness said there was intense shooting in the western part of Kiev.
understand the conflict
After months of military escalation and intemperance on the Ukrainian border, Russia attacked the Eastern European country. At dawn this Thursday (24), Russian forces began to bomb several regions of the country – follow the repercussion live on CNN.
Hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in the Donbas region (eastern Ukraine, where the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk are located, which he recognized as independent).
What was seen in the following hours, however, was an attack on almost the entire Ukrainian territory, with explosions in several cities, including the capital Kiev.According to Ukrainian authorities, dozens of deaths were confirmed in the armies of both countries.
In his speech before the attack, Putin justified the action by saying that Russia could not “tolerate threats from Ukraine”. Putin urged Ukrainian soldiers to “put down your weapons and go home”. The Russian leader also stated that he will not accept any kind of foreign interference. This attack on the former Soviet neighbor threatens to destabilize Europe and involve the United States.
Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, piling up tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery at the country’s gates. In recent weeks, diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions have been unsuccessful.
The escalation in the years-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine has triggered the continent’s biggest security crisis since the Cold War, raising the specter of a dangerous confrontation between Western powers and Moscow.
(From Sarah Marsh and Madeline Chambers of Reuters and Eliza Mackintosh of CNN)
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