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Russian strikes hit Kyiv as UN chief visits
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KYIV, 30 April 2022, (TON): The mayor said “Russian strikes slammed into central Kyiv as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting, wounding three in the first such attack on the capital since mid-April.”
AFP correspondents saw a building in flames and black smoke pouring into the air with a heavy presence of police and rescuers in the area, a residential neighborhood on the western side of the city.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said there had been two hits in the Shevchenkovsky district, with one hitting the lower floors of a residential building.
He said “three people had been taken to hospital but the extent of their injuries was not immediately clear.”
A close aide to the UN chief sent a message to journalists confirming they were safe.
The move prompted a furious response from Ukraine’s government, with foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba denouncing it as a heinous act of barbarism which demonstrated Russia’s attitude toward Ukraine, Europe and the world.
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