Kyiv

Residents of Ukraine's capital, who were used to a sense of relative calm, are once again hiding in shelters.

“Russia has no chances of quickly changing the situation on the front lines.” The Russian shelling hit civilian infrastructure that millions of urban residents depend on, observers said One hole was in the middle of a children’s playground. The bridge was Putin’s pet project. “Within the framework of the Russian legislation, Putin has the right to use the WMDs,” he said. Authorities reported at least 10 people dead and dozens wounded across the nation, but the death toll is expected to rise. “I will live to see the day of our victory when he is carried out of the Kremlin feet first.” The style of shelling seen on Monday is all Russia’s military is capable of today, analyst Tyshkevych said. “If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and, in terms of their scale, will correspond to the level of threats posed to the Russian Federation. “We concluded that Putin wanted to keep downtown intact because he wanted to be there for a military parade” on May 9, the anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, Mutkevych said. Adding to the danger are the targets of Monday’s attacks. Then she – as well as hundreds of thousands of other people living in Kyiv – ignored air raid sirens, sarcastically calling them “lullabies” as the threat of deadly attacks eased.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the strikes were retaliation for what he called Kyiv's “terrorist” actions.

A day earlier, Putin had called the attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea a terrorist act carried out by Ukrainian special services. At least one of the vehicles struck near the Kyiv National University appeared to be a commuter minibus, known as a “marshrutka” and which is a popular albeit often crowded alternative to the city’s bus and metro routes. Some feared Monday’s attacks may just be the first salvo in a renewed Russian offensive. He offered no details as to where the grouping will be deployed, when and what for. Among the targets hit was a pedestrian bridge known as the Klitschko bridge — a landmark in central Kyiv with its glass panels. Windows in the area had been blown out and glass littered the street. The targets were civilian areas and energy facilities in 10 cities, Zelenskyy said in a video address. Associated Press journalists in Dnipro city saw the bodies of multiple people killed at an industrial site on the city’s outskirts. The attacks arrived in Kyiv at the start of the morning rush hour, when commuter traffic was beginning to pick up. A young man wearing a blue jacket sat on the ground as a medic wrapped a bandage around his head. A woman with bandages wrapped around her head had blood all over the front of her blouse. The intense, hours-long attack marked a sudden military escalation by Moscow.

KYIV: The missiles that sowed death and destruction in the Ukrainian capital for the first time in almost four months came in frightening roars early Monday ...

Yes, I think that these are very horrible and cruel reprisals because civilians are suffering," he said. Fortunately we live facing the courtyard," she said. We don't know what happened," added the 39-year-old language teacher. "I saw children and women cry. I was walking in the street ... "I arrived in Kyiv this morning.

Russia has retaliated for what it claimed was a Ukrainian terrorist attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its biggest and most widespread attacks ...

In an ominous move, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced Monday that he and Putin have agreed to create a joint “regional grouping of troops.” He offered no details. Some feared Monday's attacks may just be the first salvo in a renewed Russian offensive. No significant damage to the bridge was immediately apparent. Nearby, at least one strike landed in Shevchenko Park, leaving a large hole near a children’s playground. The head of Ukraine’s law enforcement said Monday's attacks nationwide damaged 70 infrastructure sites, of which 29 are critical. Putin's increasingly frequent descriptions of Ukraine's actions as terrorist could set the stage for even more bold and draconian actions. A glass-covered office tower was significantly damaged, with most of its blue-tinted windows blown out. Many of the attacks occurred far from the war's front lines. Kharkiv was hit three times, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Though Russia said missiles targeted military and energy facilities, some struck civilian areas while people were heading to work and school. The lethal barrage against multiple cities smashed civilian targets, knocking out power and water, shattering buildings and killing at least 11 people. “No one should have any doubts about it,” he told Russia’s Security Council by video.

Series of missiles shatter several months of calm but normal life quickly returns amid the destruction.

“Somehow it’s the same on 24 February,” she said, referring to the first day of the war, when rockets also hit Kyiv. “It’s the reason I moved to Kyiv - it’s so vibrant.” “I saw a big hole and flames inside, right next to the children’s playground,” she said. But Russia is destroying everything again, killing, stealing, terrorising every Ukrainian without exception.” Nevertheless, he added: “The understanding came to me today that I no longer feel fear, as I did at the beginning of the war. As extraordinary as the evidence of the destruction, was how quickly Kyiv returned to normal life after the attack. “If necessary,” she said, “we’ll just move them to a partner cinema that has an auditorium underground. “It looked like they were either trying to hit the university or the statue of Taras Shevchenko,” she said. “If it happened two hours later the playground would have been full of children.” “Unfortunately they hit cars: I saw the fires and the cars on fire.” “This is not a strategic target,” she said. Waiting in line for a cab, she heard the sound of at least two explosions. Another missile hit the children’s playground of Shevchenko Park itself, ploughing up the paving stones, bending the play equipment and snapping a nearby tree.

The barrage of missiles that hit the center of the Ukrainian capital in rush hour, killing at least five, seemed to return Kyiv residents to the early days ...

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KYIV: Missile strikes on "many" Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv left people dead and wounded on Monday (Oct 10), the country's presidency said, ...

Please do not leave the shelters," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media, accusing Russia of wanting to "wipe us from the face of the Earth". Unfortunately there are dead and wounded. I am also asking the residents of the suburbs about this - do not go to the capital today." Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on social media, adding that the strikes had hit the city centre. Advertisement "Ukraine is under missile attack.

Explosions have rocked multiple cities across Ukraine, including missile attacks on the capital Kyiv for the first time in months. This came hours after Russian ...

The attacks on Kyiv and other cities came a few hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to hold a meeting with his security council. The strikes on Kyiv and other cities came a few hours before Putin was due to hold a meeting with his security council. The last previous attack on Kyiv was in June.

KYIV — Oleh Ocheretyanyi isn't buying Russian President Vladimir Putin's argument that Monday's bombardment of central Kyiv was revenge for Saturday's ...

“Look how many children went to Kyiv schools today [when the missile attack started]. “Any day now we can expect anything from Russia,” he said. “This might be revenge,” he said. “I thought it would be a good place to hide from shrapnel.” Because their entire vertical of power is built on this desire to show off.” It just means that we’re fighting a terrorist who behaves like this all the time,” he said.

A wounded Ukrainian man exits a building in central Kyiv after it was struck by a. A Ukrainian man's injured arm was bound in a handmade sling after a ...

There was still debris, glass, and blood on the streets outside the utility company when a crew of city employees arrived. At another impact site that I visited, a pair of cars were burning in the middle of a wide boulevard, beside a public park, and a missile had smashed into a pedestrian bridge, with panoramic views of the Dnipro River, where locals promenade on weekends. [eight months of war](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/17/the-war-in-ukraine-launches-a-new-battle-for-the-russian-soul), it seems clear that such long-range attacks on civilian targets are meant to cow and exhaust the Ukrainian populace. Blood seeped through the gauze, onto one of her cheeks, and it had coated the front of her shirt and run onto her pants. It had been a while since they’d responded to such a situation, but they remembered how. Dampening her towel with a bottle of water, Oleksandra began wiping blood from the man’s face and neck. When a Ukrainian friend in Kyiv texted to see if I was O.K., he added, “They simply do not understand that this gets us more angry, not afraid. The bombings in Kyiv were part of a nationwide barrage that hit more than ten cities. She told me that she’d been asleep in her room when the missile hit. “I did,” the medic told her. [Russian forces had withdrawn](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/politics-and-more/normalcy-returns-to-kyiv-as-russia-doubles-down-in-eastern-ukraine) from the suburbs in April, concentrating instead on offensives in the east and south, and no lethal ordnance whistling out of the sky had terrorized the Ukrainian capital since June. One of the strikes appeared to target an electric-utility facility that provides heating for the city.