Kyiv was rocked by several powerful explosions on Saturday morning, with officials in the Ukrainian capital reporting a missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities
“There is an attack on the capital,” the Kyiv City Military Administration said Saturday. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, said the strikes had occurred on the city’s east bank, where there are several power facilities. “Explosions in Dniprovskyi district. All services are heading to the scene. Stay in shelters!” Klitschko said on Telegram. He added that debris from one incoming missile fell on a non-residential area in the city’s west bank of the capital.
Blasts were also heard in Zaporizhzhia in the southeast and Kharkiv in the northeast, officials said. “The enemy is attacking Zaporizhzhia again. No detailed information yet on explosions or casualties,” Zaporizhzhia city council secretary Anatolii Kurtev wrote on Telegram. In Ukraine’s northeast, the head of Kharkiv’s military administration urged residents to take shelter. “Attention, residents of Kharkiv city and region. Remain sheltered.
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