At least two residential areas in Kiev have been hit by Russian fire this morning, according to the Ukrainian First Aid Service, as fighting around the Ukrainian capital, which the Russian military seeks to encircle, continues to escalate.
A second apartment building was hit by Russian bombardment early in the morning, a few hours after the attack on a 9-storey apartment building, resulting in being engulfed in flames according to the Skynews.
In 15-storey apartment building in Kyiv, which was hit by a Russian air raid, civilians remain trapped, while two people were reportedly killed. Earlier, it was reported that one of the injured had been taken to hospital.
“Two lifeless bodies were found on the spot,” said a source, while 27 other occupants of the building were rescued.
Firefighters are making superhuman efforts to save people.
Svyatoshinsky district of #Kyiv. Two residential multi-storey buildings were damaged. Rescuers are working at the site.
This is reported by the People’s Deputy of #Ukraine Oleksiy #Goncharenko. pic.twitter.com/eqG4xQSTRP
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 15, 2022
The first aid services They also reported via Facebook that a nine-storey apartment building had been hit in a northwestern part of the Ukrainian capital, in the Podil district.
A fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters. One person was taken to hospital, always according to the first aid services, which did not specify what kind of weapon hit the building.
The blast shattered almost all the windows of the property and everything around it, according to a French Agency reporter who went to the scene. Several residents threw glasses and debris from the windows of their apartments.
In a separate statement, first aid services said a fire had broken out in a house in the Osokorky district of southeastern Kiev. According to the same sources, this blow did not cause any casualties.
At least three powerful explosions were heard earlier today by journalists of the French Agency in the center of Kiev.
Meanwhile, there are reports from the Kyiv Independent that the Russian army is firing on civilians trying to flee to Hostomel.
According to the National Police, the first 10 buses of the displaced people left the city safely, while the Russians opened fire on four buses. One woman was killed and two men were injured in the attack.
At dawn 20th day of the war in Ukraine sirens sounded in various cities, while two large explosions were heard in the capital. As broadcast by SKAI envoy to the Ukrainian capital, Miltos Sakellaris, the Blonsky area was hit again.
In #KyivObolon district, on March 14, 2022. #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/TruzmM8fkx
– Aris Messinis (@ArisMessinis) March 14, 2022
According to the local channel Ukraine 24, rockets were fired on the Belarusian side.
Petro Andriuschenko, a city councilor, described the situation in the city as “inhumane”, with “no food, no water, no electricity, no heating”, adding that he feared the death toll could rise to 20,000 as the conflict escalated. intensify.
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“I think that no later than May, in early May, we will have a peace agreement, maybe much earlier, we will see,” said the presidential adviser.
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