Explosions rocked the centre of Kyiv on Monday morning as Russia launched a new air strike, hours after unleashing dozens of missiles and drones on targets across Ukraine.
Yuriy Ihnat, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, said the air strike on Kyiv had been conducted with ballistic missiles – thought to be Iskanders – and possibly also S-300 and S-400 missiles.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said there were explosions in the capital’s central districts and that emergency services had been dispatched. “Emergency services have responded to a call near the centre of the capital. The attack on Kyiv continues. Don’t leave the shelters,” he said.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that if any other country wanted to join a Russia-Belarus union there could be “nuclear weapons for everyone.
The Kremlin said on Monday that a “vacuum” was being formed in the area of arms control as a result of poor relations between a number of states.
