(Kyiv) Several explosions were heard Monday morning in Kyiv, exactly one week after Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, AFP journalists noted.
Posted at 12:24 a.m.
Three explosions were heard successively around 6:35 a.m., 6:45 a.m. and 6:58 a.m. (3:35 a.m., 3:45 a.m. and 3:58 a.m. GMT). Air-raid sirens had sounded shortly before the first explosion.
On Monday, October 10, Russian bombardments on a scale unmatched for months had hit Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, killing at least 19 people and injuring 105 and sparking an international outcry.
On Tuesday, Russia, which has suffered many military setbacks recently, continued its firing, on a smaller scale, striking in particular very far from the front the energy installations in western Ukraine.
The shootings had been carried out in retaliation for the explosion which partly destroyed the Russian bridge of Crimea, of great strategic importance.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin was satisfied with these massive strikes, and judged that new large-scale bombardments on the cities of Ukraine were not necessary “for the moment”.