Among other things, Reuters news agency reported that two explosions were observed by eyewitnesses.
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Russia was behind the attack.
He also said it hit the northwestern central district of Kyiv, Shevchenko. It is located between Butsja, Irpin and the city centre.
According to a close associate of President Zelensky, Mikhailo Podoljak, this is a missile attack.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv this afternoon, around the same time as the Russian attack.
Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP
With this heinous barbaric act, Russia once again shows its attitude towards Ukraine, Europe and the world, Tweets Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Russian forces are suspected of killing dozens of civilians in Batsha before withdrawing in the first week of April.
This is the first time since mid-April that Russia has attacked Kyiv with missiles.
He must have hit the house
According to the newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda An apartment house and another unidentified “object” must have been hit in the attack.
Three people must be sent to hospital for treatment. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Interfax Ukraine.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pictured around Irbin, northwest of Kyiv. Fierce battles for control of Irbin took place before Russian forces withdrew earlier in April.
Photo: Gleb Garanish/Reuters
The Secretary-General of the United Nations was shocked
– Spokesman for the UN humanitarian office Saviano Abreu told AFP that this is a war zone, but it is shocking because it happened so close to us.
An employee close to Guterres confirms that he is fine, AFP writes.
Many senior Western politicians have visited Kyiv, but this is the first time that such a missile attack has taken place near the capital while the visit is underway.
President Zelensky believes that the Russian attack on Kyiv is aimed at “humiliating the United Nations,” according to AFP.
– This is an attack on the security of the Secretary-General and the security of the world, Tweets Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
The Security Council did not do enough
The Security Council did not do everything in its power to prevent or end this war. It is the source of much disappointment, frustration and anger, said the UN Secretary-General during the meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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