The Ukrainian President announced Volodimir Zellinski Russia fired a barrage of missiles And drones On the capital Kyiv at dawn on Friday, killing 4 people, while considered Moscow The war in Ukraine represents a “existential issue” for her.
The attacks came in the wake of a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, which was transferred by US President Donald Trump, that the Kremlin would respond to Kiev after he destroyed several Ukrainian drones strategic bombers in the depth of Russia.
Zellinski said that “3 of the emergency response teams” were killed in a missile attack And drones On the capital. A fourth was killed in an attack on the city of Lutsk in the northwest of the country.
He added in his photographer’s evening speech, today, Friday, Zelinski said that the dead in Kiev were “a rescue teams” that rushed to the site of the first strike, before being targeted again with a second Russian strike that killed them.
The Ukrainian President indicated that 80 were wounded across the country in the attacks, which also targeted several towns and other denominations in addition to Kiev.
For his part, Foreign Minister André Sibha wrote on X platform Russia responded during the night to the destruction of its aircraft “by launching attacks targeting civilians in Ukraine,” which resulted in the injury of multi -storey buildings and the damage of energy infrastructure.
The military administration, Kiev, stated that the subway transport system was disrupted due to a Russian strike that affected the stations and damaged them. Noting that the government rail company also turned some trains due to the damage to the railway outside the city.
Witnesses reported a series of loud explosions that caused their strength to shake windows far from the bombing sites.
Al -Jazeera correspondent also reported hearing 4 explosions in the city of Kharkif, eastern Ukraine.
“An existential issue”
On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces launched the attack on military and army -related targets in response to what it described as Ukrainian “terrorist acts” against Russia.
She confirmed Russia The conflict in Ukraine is a “existential issue” for it, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a press conference, “For us, it is an existential issue, an issue related to our national interest, security, future, and future of our children and our country.”
In recent days, Russia has vowed to respond to the attack launched by Ukraine at the end of last week against Russian bombers, at a distance of thousands of kilometers from its borders.
Less than a week later, the Ukrainian army confirmed that it had “successfully” bombed two other air bases in Russia during the night, in the Saratov and Razan regions, explaining that it had fueled fuel depots.
Moscow also accused Kiev of being behind bombings that affected bridges in areas adjacent to the border at the end of last week and caused the departure of a passenger train, a shipping train and a monitoring train from the railway, killing 7 people, considering that its goal was to undermine the peace talks between the two countries.
The escalation of the battles is to move away from the risk of calm more than 3 years after the start of the war, despite calls for an immediate ceasefire, and the pressure of US President Trump to conduct negotiations and end the war.
Russia has dominated about 20% of Ukraine’s lands, among them Crimea Peninsula It was included in the year 2014.
Golda did not provide negotiations in Istanbul The views of the views of the arrival of a truce to which it is paid Washington.
Since February 24, 2022, Russia has launched a military attack on its neighbor Ukraine In order to end it, Kiev is required to join Western military bans, which Kiev considers “interference” in her affairs.