“Ukraine is under missile fire”, said Monday, October 10, presidential adviser Kirill Tymoshenko. Three loud explosions were heard Monday, October 10 in the center of kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The explosions took place around 8:15 a.m. local time (7:15 a.m. in Paris). Large plumes of black smoke are visible in several places in the city on videos posted on social networks. The mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko denounces “an attack by Russian terrorists”. He calls on residents to stay safe and not go out. He urges those who live in the suburbs of kyiv not to go to the center. But the capital is not the only city affected. “There are reports of strikes on many cities in the country. Civilians have been injured as a result of the shelling”asserts Kirill Tymoshenko. Follow the situation in our live.
Vladimir Putin accuses kyiv of “terrorism” and convenes its security council. After accusing kyiv of committing a “terrorist act” by organizing the explosion which partially destroyed the Crimean bridge, Vladimir Putin must convene his security council on Monday. This instance brings together the main ministers, politicians and representatives of the Russian security services and army. “The authors, performers and sponsors are the Ukrainian secret services”the Russian president said on Sunday.
The Ukrainian president also called the Russian military “terrorists”. Volodymyr Zelensky made the accusations after strikes on apartment buildings in Zaporizhia, a city in southern Ukraine, which left between 12 and 17 dead according to reports, three days after previous bombings that had left 17 dead there. .
The Zaporijjia nuclear power plant is back on the grid. This was announced on Sunday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), qualifying this connection as “temporary relief from a still untenable situation”. Located in southern Ukraine on the Dnieper, the Zaporizhia power plant was taken by Russian forces in March.
Russia denounces “considerable increase” Ukrainian fire on its territory. “Since the beginning of October, the number of attacks by Ukrainian armed formations against the border territories of Russia has increased significantly”, the Russian security services (FSB) said on Sunday. This is especially the region of Belgorod, bordering that of Kharkiv in Ukraine, where the forces of kyiv have regained thousands of square kilometers of territory since the beginning of September, including up to the border.