Blasts hit Kyiv as UN chief visits, US pledges new Ukraine aid

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KYIV — Russia fired two missiles into Kyiv on Thursday (April 29) during a visit by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow pressed an assault in the east that drew new United States pledges of military and humanitarian aid.

The rockets shook the central Shevchenko district in Ukraine's capital and one of them struck the lower floors of a 25-storey residential building, injuring at least 10 people, Ukrainian officials said.

"There was an attack on Kyiv... it shocked me, not because I'm here but because Kyiv is a sacred city for Ukrainians and Russians alike," Mr Guterres told Portuguese broadcaster RTP when asked about the blasts. The West believes battles for Mariupol and other eastern and southern areas may determine the war's outcome. Russian forces are now entrenched in the east, where Moscow-backed separatists have held some territory since 2014, and also hold a swathe of the south they seized in March."The enemy is increasing the pace of the offensive operation. The Russian occupiers are exerting intense fire in almost all directions," it said.

"We need this bill to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom," Mr Biden said on Thursday."The cost of this fight — it's not cheap — but caving to aggression is going to be more costly."

 

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