Russia continued, on Wednesday night, at dawn on Thursday, launching extensive missile attacks and aircraft on the capital, Kiev, and on other Ukrainian cities, causing fires in several regions and killing at least 3 and wounding at least 10 people, the day after the fiercest air attack in the country since the beginning of the war 3 years ago, according to Ukrainian officials.
The mayor of Kiev, Vitaly Klitschko, said through the “Telegram” application that the rescue teams are working in a residential builder in the Shevchinkevsky neighborhood, after a wreck had led to the outbreak of a fire on the upper floor of the building.
For his part, the head of the regional administration, Kiev, Timur Takshinko, explained that the fires broke out in at least 5 other neighborhoods, and included residential buildings, cars, warehouses, offices, and other non -residential buildings. He added that three of the injured suffer from wounds caused by fragments.
This comes as the emergency services late Wednesday said that a Russian air attack killed three people and wounded a fourth in the town of Kostantinvka, on the confrontation line in eastern Ukraine.
A post on the “Telegram” application stated that the attack destroyed a one -storey administrative building and that the rescue teams recovered two bodies from the rubble, and firefighters managed to put out fires that broke out in four buildings.
Costinetinvka, in the Donetsk region, has been under Russian attacks for months, and the region is the focus of Russia’s progress towards the West. Vadim Villachkin, the governor of Donetsk region, called for “Telegram” to evacuate the population of less dangerous areas in Ukraine.
This attack comes after Russia launched more than 700 offensive and offensive aircraft before, in an attempt to dump the Ukrainian air defenses, the third record set within two weeks.
On the ground, the Russian forces intensified their operations along the front line extending a thousand kilometers, at a time when the Ukrainian forces face a shortage of individuals and increasing pressure.
For his part, US President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, expressed his dissatisfaction with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who has not expressed any flexibility regarding the demands of the ceasefire and settlement and since Trump took office in January. On Monday, Trump indicated that the United States had to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after Washington suspended the delivery of vital arms shipments for Kev.
