Russian missile assault hits infrastructure in Kyiv: officers

A Russian missile assault hit important infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out inside the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and totally different officers talked about.

Reuters journalists heard a group of explosions in Kyiv sooner than an air raid siren sounded in Kyiv. Officials knowledgeable residents to take shelter.

“Missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities. Details are being checked,” talked about Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president’s office.

Kyiv’s navy administration talked about an infrastructure facility had been hit, nonetheless didn’t say which.

“Explosions in Dniprovskiy district. All agencies heading to the site. Stay in your shelters!” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram.

He talked about the particles of a missile acquired right here down on a non-residential area inside the Holosiivskiy district inside the west of Kyiv.

Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s essential energy infrastructure with missiles and drones since October, inflicting sweeping blackouts and disruptions to central heating and dealing water as winter bites.

With Post wires