Russia on Tuesday attacked cities and power plants across Ukraine with a fresh wave of rocket attacks as leaders of the Group of 20 nations met in Bali for a summit to mark Russia's war on Ukraine was dominated.
The rockets rained down on regions and parts of cities, including the capital Kyiv, Lviv and Rivne in the west, Kharkiv in the northeast, Kryvyi Rih and Poltava in the center, Odessa in the south and Zhytomyr in the north. in different areas in attacks that began when western countries in the G20 sought agreement on a statement condemning the Russian invasion, following a video address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said about half of the capital was without power and two residential buildings were hit in a central area of the city. A Reuters correspondent who arrived at the scene after the attack said about 15 devastated residents had gathered around the blaze. Page of a five-storey block of flats.
"I was in the apartment during the air raid alarm. I saw a bright light in my window and knew something was coming. Then I heard the noise as it came," said Oleksandra, 22, who lives in the apartment of the apartment building. "I watched from my window as the rocket flew, bright fire and the sound of something flying very close by. I immediately went outside...I saw people running out of our building and there was smoke."
The mayor of Lviv said there was no electricity in the city, and the mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov said key infrastructure facilities there were damaged. “There are problems with the power supply. Underground electrotransport and the metro stopped,” Terekhov wrote on Telegram. Rivne Governor Vitaliy Koval said there had been rocket attacks but reported no casualties in his city. "Russia responds to @Zelenskiy's powerful speech at #G20 with a new missile attack.
Does anyone seriously believe that the Kremlin really wants peace? He wants obedience. But at the end of the day, terrorists always lose," Andriy Yermak, the president's chief of staff, wrote on Twitter. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described the attacks as Russia's response to calls for peace talks." Russian missiles are killing people and destroying infrastructure in Ukraine right now."
Here's what Russia has to say on the subject of peace talks. Stop Proposing Ukraine to Accept Russian Ultimatums! This terror can only be stopped by the power of our weapons and principles,” he wrote on Twitter.
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