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Multiple explosions took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday morning when four missiles hit the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district.
The strikes on Kyiv by Russian missiles were the first in roughly three weeks. Russia’s military, which launched its brutal invasion in late February, had since focused its efforts on the southern and eastern regions of the country. The latest attacks could signal a new attempt by Moscow to retake the western cities it had previously failed to capture.
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News of the blasts first emerged through images and videos posted to social media showing smoke rising up from several buildings. Within minutes, local media began reporting that a total of four missiles had hit the historic district, which is home to numerous universities, restaurants, art galleries, and other attractions.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that authorities were responding to the strikes in a post on the Telegram messaging app, writing: “Ambulance crews and rescuers dispatched to the scene. More detailed information – later. Residents are being rescued and evacuated from two buildings.”
Russia began invading Ukraine in late February and has turned millions of women and children into refugees fleeing the violence. The bloodshed has also killed tens of thousands of Ukrainians and an unknown number of Russians. President Joe Biden and other major Western leaders condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal as devastation mounted across the European country. Reacting to the missile strikes on Sunday, Biden, who was in Germany for a G-7 summit, called it “more of their barbarism,” according to a press pool report.
Multiple efforts at peace talks have failed, though they have revealed the level of depravity of the Russian forces. Pictures of mass graves in the town of Bucha, a Kyiv suburb briefly captured by Russian forces, revealed that civilians were buried with their hands tied behind their backs before being shot and buried around scores of neighbors. There have also been a growing number of reports of mass rape.
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Ukraine has united in its resolve to fight the continued invasion, though it is unclear how long the country will be able to keep Russian forces from taking any major cities.
Putin withdrew his forces from Ukraine’s capital toward the end of May in order to concentrate on taking the Donbas, which is located in the southeastern part of Ukraine and controlled by Russian-backed separatist groups.
