Russia fired two shots at Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow suppressed the eastern invasion that led to the US pledge to help the military and help the people.
Rockets rocked Shevchenko district in the Ukrainian capital and one of them hit the ground floor of a 25-story building, injuring at least 10 people, Ukrainian officials said.Russia withdrew its troops near Kyiv in early April after failing to capture the city, which has long been visited by top US officials and European allies.
But Thursday’s explosion, which was heard shortly after Guterres concluded talks with Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskiy, raised concerns that Kyiv was still at risk of heavy Russian weapons.”There was an attack on Kyiv … it shocked me, not because I was here but because Kyiv is a holy city for the people of Ukraine and Russia,” Guterres told Portuguese broadcaster RTP when asked about the blast.
Zelenskiy said on blast
There are no recent Russian comments on the blast. Zelenskiy said “they are proving that we must not lose our vigilance. We must not assume that the war is over.”Guterres’ talks with Zelenskiy focus on removing Ukrainian troops and civilians detained in a metal barracks in the besieged city of Mariupol, mainly targeted Russia in the eastern region of Donbas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially endorsed the involvement of the UN and the Red Cross in removing the plant during talks in Moscow with Guterres on Tuesday.Ukrainian officials are concerned that Russia wants to capture those trapped inside, Moscow denies.
Western nations believe that the wars of Mariupol and other areas to the east and south may determine the outcome. Russian troops are now focused east, with Moscow-backed separatists taking control of the area since 2014, and occupying the southern area they captured in March.
Ukrainian officials say Russia intensifies its attacks on the Donbas.The enemy is accelerating the attack. Russian residents are fighting wildfires in almost every area, ”he said.
Putin calls Moscow’s actions a “special military operation” to eliminate weapons in Ukraine, to protect Russian-speaking people from persecution and to prevent the United States from using the country to threaten Russia.
Ukraine has dismissed allegations of Putin’s persecution and claims that the fight against land grabbing has devastated Ukrainian cities, forced more than five million to flee the country and killed thousands.Listening to Ukraine’s repeated demands for heavy weapons, US President Joe Biden called on Congress on Thursday to release US $ 33 billion ($ 46 billion) to support Kyiv, a major financial crisis involving more than US20 billion weapons, ammunition and other military aid.
The package, aimed at addressing needs in September, builds on efforts by the United States and its allies to punish Russia for its February 24 attacks.”We need this bill to support Ukraine in the struggle for independence,” Biden said. “The costs of this war – are not cheap – but running away from anger will be very costly.”
Washington, which and its supporters have imposed severe sanctions on Moscow, hopes that the Ukrainian military will not only end Russian attacks in the east but also weaken its troops so that they can no longer threaten their neighbors.
Russia says that is tantamount to saying that NATO is waging an “attorney general’s war” against it, and has made numerous threats this week of unspecified retaliation. It cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday after refusing to pay in rubles, marking Moscow’s strong response to the current Western economic sanctions.Russia has also reported strikes in Ukraine over Russian territories along the Ukrainian border and warned that such attacks are in danger of escalating.
On Thursday, two large explosions were heard in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border. Ukraine has not yet fully accepted responsibility for strikes within Russia but says the incidents are retaliatory.Ukraine has reported a nightmare in the southern city of Kherson, the only regional capital of Russia that has been captured since the attack.
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