A Russian missile hit a large residential building in Kiev, according The State Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine indicated this Saturday, without giving information about possible victims for now.(Due to the public interest aroused by the events between Russia and Ukraine, all our coverage of that invasion and related actions will have free access for all readers of EL TIEMPO).
Kyiv, our splendid, peaceful city, survived another night under attacks by Russian ground forces, missiles. One of them has hit a residential apartment in Kyiv. I demand the world: fully isolate Russia, expel ambassadors, oil embargo, ruin its economy. Stop Russian war criminals! pic.twitter.com/c3ia46Ctjq
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 26, 2022
The building is located several kilometers from the center, on Lobanovski Street, in honor of the legendary Ukrainian football coach and Soviet national team manager.
The missile fell between the 18th and 21st floors of the building, according to these sources, who added that the place was being evacuated.
(Also read: Mass exodus to flee the Russian war machine)
At the moment, it is unknown if there are victims, although the images released by the media show a multi-story gap in a building of at least thirty floors.
“One more brutality of the Russian occupiers that, in no way, can be hidden from the world and from the Russians,” wrote Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ministry of the Interior.
Russian missile strike last night on an apartment block in Lobanovsky Avenue in central Kyiv. A large chunk torn out of the building, with multiple floors destroyed and smoke burning this morning. Number of casualties unknown pic.twitter.com/bkJ07QdiOT
— Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) February 26, 2022
The authorities have accused the Russian Army of targeting populated areas and not just military targets.as the Kremlin and the Russian Defense Ministry assure, since the beginning of the invasion in the early hours of Thursday.
(You may be interested: With blood and fire: the battle for Kiev advances; civilians defend the city)
Russia announced shortly before that it had fired cruise missiles at military infrastructure, on the third day of its military invasion of Ukraine.
Фіксуємо воєнні злочини РФ проти мирного населення України
На відео – момент попадання ракети до житлового будинку на Лобановського 6 а. Відео з камери спостереження сусіднього будинку 🎥 pic.twitter.com/FWT8xAjwLQ— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) February 26, 2022
#Оперативна_інформація від ДСНС України
“Фіксуємо черговий воєнний злочин проти мирного населення України.Рятувальники проводять евакуацію мешканців багатоповерхівки по проспекту Лобоновського 6А, 26.02 де сталося попадання снаряду в житловий будинок на рівні 17 та 18 поверхів.” pic.twitter.com/MC9PndcZXm
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) February 26, 2022
AFP and EFE
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