On the night of Thursday on Friday Kiev became the mark of an intense Russian rocket and drone attack. The capital of Ukraine was constantly shelled, and in many parts of the city there were strong explosions – reported reporters of the Reuters agency, present on the site. The city authorities reported on Friday morning that 4 people were killed as a consequence of the attack and 20 were injured. Of these, sixteen people required hospitalization.
A gruesome morning
An air alarm in Kiev was announced at 0:44 local time (23:44 Polish time), but in the Kiev circuit the sirens had already cried an hr earlier. The situation of the increased threat was besides introduced in the western regions of Ukraine, bordering Poland – Volynsk and Lviv. The detonation was recorded not only in the capital, but besides in cities specified as Lutsk and Tarnopol in the west of the country, as well as in Chernihov, located in the north.
According to the Kiev military administration, the fire caused harm to 1 of the subway trains moving between stations, which disrupted the functioning of the full underground communications strategy in the city. Air strikes besides resulted in fires in residential buildings located in various areas of the capital.
The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that the Russians have utilized both rockets maneuvering launched from strategical bombers as well as ballistic missiles and many Shahed strike drones in the attack.
Response to Spider
Massive Russian attacks on Kiev are a consequence to a Ukrainian peculiar operation with a code name on 1 June. Spider. As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a consequence of this attack 41 Russian military aircraft, including strategical bombers, were destroyed.
The intent of the operation was 4 Russian airports: Belaja (Irkutsk Oblast), Diagilevo (Riazansk Oblast), Ołenia (Murmansk Oblast) and Ivanowo (Ivanov Oblast). According to Walerij Romanenko of the State Aviation Museum of Ukraine, the operation was highly painful for Moscow – the expert described it as A hard blow to the Russians.
Trump: Better to Let Fight
U.S. president Donald Trump reported on Wednesday that during a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin he heard about Russia's planned – although unspecified – consequence to the Ukrainian attack against Russian air bases.
Trump referred skeptically to the prospects of possible peace talks. In his opinion, Sometimes it is better to let the parties fight for a while before trying to separate them.
