On Saturday morning, once again Kyiv was attacked by Russian ballistic missiles. Three people were killed and three more were injured.
- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky informed on social media.
Prior to the ballistic missile attack, sirens were sounding in Kiev overnight due to incoming Russian drones. First alert was sounded just after midnight local time, and lasted for two hours. Another one started before 5 a.m., and finished after an hour more-less. Just minutes later, though, as people began to emerge from shelters - loud explosions rang out across the city, as Russian ballistic rockets struck.
This attack on Kyiv destroyed, among other things, the entrance to the Lukyanivska metro station and damaged the water main, cutting off water supplies to some residents of central Kyiv. Fires broke out in several places across the city as well.
The Russians also attacked Zaporozhye in the south-east of Ukraine - where, according to the Ukrainian president's report, ten people were injured and others may be under the rubble. Infrastructure was destroyed, many people's homes and shops were damaged. The rescue operation is still ongoing.
„All those who assist the Russian state in this war must face pressure as impactful as these strikes. We can achieve this only through unity with the entire world".
- President Zelenskyy concluded his social media entry.
Russia first illegally invaded Ukraine in 2014 - and has occupied a significant part of the country ever since. On February 24, 2022, Moscow took things further - mounting an unlawful and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and starting the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
Numerous reports from a variety of sources state that since the full-scale invasion started, Russians have committed countless war crimes in Ukraine - breaking the Geneva convention on a daily basis and killing tens of thousands of civilians.
The list of Kremlin's transgressions reported includes regular attacks on non-military targets, murdering and torturing war prisoners as well as civilians en masse, kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children into Russia or using internationally forbidden weapons.
Saturday is day 1060 of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP