Two loud explosions resounded early Friday in the center of Kiev, on the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an AFP journalist confirmed.
Attacks on Kiev with cruise or ballistic missiles resumed. I have heard two loud explosions,” Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Anton Herashchenko said on his Telegram account.
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The progression of Russian forces raises fears of a multiplication of attacks against strategic targets and government in the capital, including an assault.
The CNN network reported that Russian troops would be close to storming Kiev, where thousands of people are taking refuge from the strong explosions in the underground metro facilities. The soldiers sent by Putin would be just 32 kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, added the chain based on US intelligence sources.
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This is the sky of Kiev at the moment, the Russian army plans a major offensive against the capital of Ukraine before dawn, approximately in two hours. pic.twitter.com/LNLjFlURF3
— Agustín Antonetti (@agusantonetti) February 25, 2022
The day before, the Antonov military airport in Gostomel, at the gates of Kiev, was the target of an attack by Russian forces arriving in helicopters that clashed with units of the Ukrainian army.
This infrastructure is located just on the northern edge of Kiev and the fighting there was the closest to the capital that occurred on the first day of the attack.
At night, President Volodimir Zelensky had warned of the presence of Russian “sabotage groups” who had entered Kiev and asked his citizens to be vigilant and respect the curfew in force.
(Keep reading: Kiev, a city fearful before the announced invasion)
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*With information from AFP
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