Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, was the victim of a new bombing this Sunday, after three weeks without being the target of Russian attacks of this type.
"The Russians attacked Kyiv again. The missiles damaged an apartment building and a kindergarten," said Andriy Yermak, head of the president's administration.
Ukraine's police chief Ihor Klymenko said on national television that five people had been injured.
Four were the explosions that were heard in the Shevchenkivskyi district, where a nine-story residential building was hit. This was confirmed by the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who indicated that there were "people under the rubble." The detonations occurred around 6:30 local time.
Also in the morning, several attacks had been reported in kyiv, one of which affected a nine-story building, which was hit by a missile, according to its mayor, Vitali Klitschko, on his Telegram account.
"On the morning of June 26, a rocket hit a 9-story residential building in kyiv, there are victims, people remain under the rubble," Klitschko said, adding that "some residents were evacuated, two victims were hospitalized."
The mayor of kyiv reported that rescue teams have heard voices coming from under the rubble, from which a seven-year-old girl was rescued.
According to the local agency Ukrainska Pravda, as a result of the impact of the missile, the last three floors of the building were partially destroyed, where a fire broke out.
One of the Russian missiles also hit the courtyard of a kindergarten. As a result of the explosion, a sinkhole with a diameter of about 7 meters was formed. The blast damaged the kindergarten building, several garages, and the windows of a nearby building.
This attack on Kyiv occurs the day after the entry into force of a curfew for the population of the capital, which is in force from eleven at night until five in the morning from Saturday and until the 3rd of July.
As Europe's largest territorial conflict since World War II entered its fifth month, the Western alliance supporting Kyiv is beginning to show signs of strain as leaders worry about the mounting economic toll, including rising of food and energy prices.
