Russia struck Kyiv with at least two missiles while UN chief António Guterres was in the city meeting Ukrainian officials.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres with officials in Borodyanka region of Ukraine on April 28. Photo: Andre Luis Alves/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Russia struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday with at least two missiles while United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was in the city meeting Ukrainian officials.The strikes killed at least one person and injured several others, according to the UN. They came just days after, who claimed Russia is still seeking a "diplomatic outcome" in Ukraine and denied that his military has deliberately killed Ukrainian civilians.
A ruined building in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv, the aftermath of one of the April 28 strikes, photographed on April 29. Photo: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Imageson Kyiv shortly after Guterres held a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which the UN chief promised to increase aid to Ukraine.
At least one of the strikes targeted a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv, according to photographs of the aftermath.What they're saying: "It is a war zone, but it is shocking that it happened close to us," Saviano Abreu, spokesman for the UN's humanitarian office who was with Guterres, told
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