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Kyiv:
Russian strikes slammed into Kyiv on Thursday evening as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting, in the first such bombardment of Ukraine’s capital since mid-April, the mayor and AFP correspondents said.
There was no immediate information about casualties from the strikes, which hit a western part of the city centre, but a close aide to the UN chief sent a message to journalists confirming they were safe.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said there had been “two hits in the Shevchenkovsky district” in a post on Telegram and said they were clarifying details about casualties.
AFP correspondents saw black smoke pouring into the air and a building in flames with a heavy presence of police and rescuers in the area.
“Missile strikes in the downtown of Kyiv during the official visit of @antonioguterres,” tweeted Mykhaylo Podolyak, a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The day before he was sitting at a long table in the Kremlin, and today explosions are above his head,” Mykhaylo said referring to Guterres’ visit to Moscow where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin a few days ago.
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