Reuters’ witnesses said they had heard numerous explosions in Kyiv, with local officials saying that air defense systems were repelling the attacks. There was no immediate information about potential casualties. It also said that in Kyiv’s central Shevchenkivskyi district, drone debris seemed to have hit a two-story building, causing damages. The Kyiv’s military administration said that drone wreckage fell on a runway of the Zhuliany airport, one of the two passenger airports of the Ukrainian capital, causing no fire, but emergency services were working on the site.
Three people were injured in blasts in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district and two others were injured when drone wreckage fell onto the Sviatoshyn district, both west of the capital’s center, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram messaging channel.
Russia intensified shelling of Bakhmut hoping to take it by Tuesday, Ukraine’s top general in charge of the defense of the besieged city said, after Russia’s Wagner mercenary group appeared to ditch plans to withdraw from it. The fresh attacks come as Moscow prepares for its Victory Day parade on Tuesday, a key anniversary for President Vladimir Putin who has evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces to declare that Russia would defeat a Ukraine supposedly in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism. ET) on May 8, 1945.KYIV: Russia launched a large-scale wave of strikes on Kyiv and across Ukraine sowing destruction and injuries, officials said early on Monday, as Moscow prepares for its cherished Victory Day holiday that marks the anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany.Īt least five people were injured due to Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said, while Russian missiles set ablaze a foodstuff warehouse in the Black Sea city of Odesa and blasts were reported in several other Ukrainian regions. Russia celebrates its World War II triumph a day after the rest of Europe, which marks the end of the war on May 8-Nazi Germany ceased all its military operations at 23:01 Central European Time (5:01 p.m. Last year, more than 190 military vehicles crossed the square, including the renowned WWII-era T-34 tank and the eight-axle Yars mobile intercontinental ballistic missile launchers. Putin usually marks the day of national celebration by addressing crowds and a military parade at Moscow's Red Square.Īlthough Russia's Victory Day parade varies in format each year, Putin typically uses the holiday to show off Russia's military might. Victory Day is Russia's public celebration and the annual commemoration of the end of World War II, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War, which saw an estimated 27 million Soviet citizens killed. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images What is May 9? Pictured, Putin speaks during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square on in Moscow. Western officials have expressed concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin would escalate its war against Ukraine in advance of the May 9 Victory Day holiday.
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