Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, Klitschko warns
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has warned that intensified Russian drone and missile strikes are severely damaging the city's critical infrastructure. The attacks have disrupted transportation, including key bridges, and caused internet outages across the capital.
Why it matters
The escalation of attacks on civilian infrastructure highlights the ongoing humanitarian and logistical crisis in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, In the latest attack, a Russian drone hit cables of Kyiv's Pivdennyi bridge
Intensified Russian drone and missile strikes are "tearing Kyiv apart", the mayor of Ukraine's capital has warned.
Vitaliy Klitschko said the city was now in a "very dramatic situation" as Moscow was battering its "critical infrastructure, logistics, housing" and other key facilities.
He was speaking after Kyiv's defence council held a crisis meeting, following new Russian strikes on a key bridge that caused traffic chaos. The city's data centres have also been recently hit, resulting in internet outages.
President Vladimir Putin earlier said Russia was acting in response to Ukraine's strikes on Russian energy facilities, despite the fact that it was Moscow that had first launched such attacks.
Image source, DSNS / Kyiv Image caption, All metro and automobile traffic is now suspended across the bridge
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