Ukrainian officials condemned the Russian missile attack on Thursday night in Kyiv, which occurred as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was wrapping up a visit to the Ukrainian capital.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his daily video message, said that “Today, shortly after the conclusion of our talks, [with Guterres] In Kyiv, Russian rockets flew into the city. 5 rockets. This says a lot about Russia’s real attitude towards global institutions, about the Russian leadership’s efforts to humiliate the UN and everything it stands for. And so requires a strong, appropriate response. “
“Russian missile attacks on Ukraine – on Kyiv, Fastiv, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi and other cities – prove once again that one cannot relax, one cannot think that the war is over. . We still need to fight, we need to drive out the occupiers. , ” said Zelensky
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a tweet: “During a meeting with @antonioguterres in Kyiv, we heard an explosion. Russia launched a missile attack on the capital. I am sure that such unruly behavior of people in the profession will be properly appreciated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. War in #Ukraine is an attack on world security! ”
A statement from the State Emergency Service in Kyiv states:
“On April 28, at 8:13 pm, the State Emergency Services Service in Kyiv received a report of a fire in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital. As a result of enemy shelling, a fire broke out. broke out in a 25-story residential building with partial destruction of the first and second floors.
By 21:25, the fire has been extinguished on a total area of 100 square meters … Search and rescue work is underway. According to preliminary data, 5 people were rescued and 10 injured. Information is being clarified. “
