New air attacks in Kyiv and other cities
New airstrikes hit kyiv and several regions of Ukraine at dawn on Thursday. “A series of aerial attacks on Kyiv, unprecedented in their power, intensity and variety, continues. This is the ninth successive air attack on the capital since the beginning of May! »the civil and military administration of the capital said in a statement.
According to her, cruise missiles were launched by Russian strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region, and reconnaissance drones then flew over the capital. “All enemy targets in Kyiv airspace have been detected and destroyed”, she said. A fire broke out in a company following a fall of debris, but no injuries were reported, explained on Telegram the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko.
On the other hand, one person was killed and two others injured in the port of Odessa, on the Black Sea, during an attack on an industrial site, according to the regional military administration.
The military also reported attacks by “cruise missile” in the Vinnytsia region in the center of the country, and local media reported explosions in Khmelnytsky, about 100 kilometers further west.
These new attacks occur during a visit to Kiev by a senior Chinese official, Li Hui, special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Moscow, who is supposed, according to Beijing, to discuss the “political settlement” of the conflict.
A meeting between Mr. Li and President Volodymyr Zelensky is ” possible “, a senior Ukrainian official told Agence-France Presse (AFP) on condition of anonymity. This exchange would be a first between Mr. Zelensky, who encourages Beijing to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a senior Chinese official. China, a close partner of Moscow, has never publicly condemned the Russian invasion.