Fears that Putin’s counterattack has begun – In addition to the missile attack on Kyiv, several other Ukrainian cities were hit by shelling this morning – Reports of dead, but no concrete figures yet
There are dead and injured from the explosions that took place in various cities of Ukraine today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said and accused Russia of trying to wipe his country “off the face of the earth”.
“They are trying to exterminate us and wipe us off the face of the earth … to exterminate the citizens sleeping in their homes in (the city of) Zaporizhia. To kill people going to work in Dnipro and Kyiv,” Zelensky wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
“The air raid sirens don’t stop sounding all over Ukraine. Missiles are hitting us. Unfortunately, there are dead and injured,” he said.
Except missile attack on Kyivseveral other Ukrainian cities were hit this morning by shelling, the Ukrainian presidency announced, cited by AFP, which advised the population to “remain in shelters.”
While #Russian invaders continue to terrorize #Kyivchildren in a shelter sing the anthem of #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/XliwGXp9Gw
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 10, 2022
AFP reporters in Kyiv said they heard at least five explosions and plumes of smoke rising into the air. “Ukraine is being attacked with missiles, we have information about hits in many cities of our country,” presidential official Kirill Tymoshenko said in a Telegram post.
Several explosions rocked the cities today Lviv, Ternopil and Dniproafter Moscow accused Ukraine of orchestrating the powerful explosion that damaged a major bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula, Reuters reported.
An air alert has been declared on almost the entire territory of #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/AeEYpqpRzV
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 9, 2022
Ukrainian public network Suspilne reported, citing emergency services, that there are dead and injured in Kyivbut did not elaborate further on the losses.
Turkey’s Anadolu reported citing local media that more explosions were reported in cities Zhytomyr, Khmelnitsky, Dnipro, Lviv, Ternopil and the capital Kyiv.
Local media are reporting that train services on the red line of the Kyiv metro have stopped operating and that all underground train stations are now operating as shelters.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs also announced that a Russian missile hit a street where security services and the office of Volodymyr Zelensky are located.
An air alert has been declared on almost the entire territory of #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/AeEYpqpRzV
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 9, 2022
Mayor Klitschko added in a more recent message that Kiev’s main roads are now blocked off by security forces, noting that the threat remains to the Ukrainian capital after an airstrike alert earlier and warned its residents to stay in shelters .
Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko also clarified that “one of the missiles landed near the Khrushchev monument on Volodymyr Street. The rescue crews have rushed.”
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