The Ukrainian capital, Kiev, was subjected to a “huge” attack, according to what the city’s mayor announced on Friday (Thursday evening, Brasilia time), where explosions occurred, according to journalists at Agence France-Presse. Moscow, which launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022, has intensified its attacks on Kiev in recent months, particularly targeting Ukrainian energy facilities, railway systems and residential areas.
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City Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram: “Air defense forces are operating in Kiev. A major enemy attack on the capital,” noting that two people were injured in the eastern Dniprovsky region.
AFP journalists witnessed the use of tracer bullets against drones and several deployed anti-missile systems.
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Klitschko said that a fire broke out on the roof of a five-storey residential building in the Solomyansky district, while several requests for medical assistance were registered in the Desnyansky and Shevchenkivsky districts. Another fire broke out in a residential building in the Podilsky district.
Moscow and Kiev have intensified their attacks on energy infrastructure in recent months, repeating a strategy already used throughout more than three years of war, with winter approaching. Russia has been attacking the Ukrainian electricity and heating grid for nearly four years, destroying much of the civilian infrastructure. For its part, Ukraine continues to intensify attacks on oil depots and refineries in Russia, with the aim of cutting off vital energy exports to Moscow and causing fuel shortages.
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