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Russian missiles hit Kyiv as G7 summit begins in Europe
One
person died and at least six were wounded in a Russian missile strike
that hit a residential apartment block in Kyiv. The city's Deputy Mayor,
Volodymyr Bondarenko, said four of the injured were admitted to the
hospital as search and rescue operations continue.
Bondarenko
also said a kindergarten was hit in the missile strike but no one was
injured, and video from Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs showed a
large missile funnel in the backyard of the kindergarten.
Those
injured in the residential block included a 7-year-old girl, he said.
Her mother, a 35-year-old woman named Katerina, was rescued from the
rubble and put into an ambulance. She is a citizen of Russia, but had
lived in Kyiv for a long time.
A
CNN team on the ground spoke to the injured girl's grandmother, Natalia
Nikitina, who found out about the attack online and rushed to the
apartment block, where she cried as she watched teams trying to rescue
her daughter-in-law.
"There
is nothing worse than losing loved ones. Why do we deserve this?" she
said. A huge plume of smoke continued to billow from the building two
hours after the strike, while nearly every window was blown out on the
top floor, and the ground was covered in debris and twisted metal.
Ukrainian
air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said "strategic bombers" were used to
hit the capital, with "four to six missiles" launched. He added that on
Saturday, Russia had used Tu22M3 long-range bombers from the airspace of
Belarus for the first time in a Ukrainian air strike.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said on Telegram there had been several explosions in the city's Shevchenkivskyi
district, and that search and rescue operations were launched after a
fire broke out when a residential building was hit by a rocket.
"There
are people are trapped under the rubble. Some residents have been
evacuated, with two victims hospitalized. Rescuers are continuing their
work," he said.
Speaking
to CNN onsite, Klitschko said Russia's war on Ukraine was "senseless"
and thousands of civilians had died, and added, "We have to do
everything to stop this war."
The
Ukrainian State Emergency Service said the fire was caused by "enemy
shelling" and was over an area of 300 square meters, in "a 9-storey
residential building with partial destruction of the 7th, 9th and 9th
floors."
The same neighborhood was hit by a missile strike in early May, and was also targeted in March.
Vadym
Denysenko, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said on
Ukrainian television that there are "a number of military infrastructure
facilities located in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian
capital. This is the reason why the Russians are shelling this
district."
US
President Joe Biden called Sunday's attack "more of [Russian]
barbarism." He declined to respond when asked whether the strikes were a
deliberate provocation during the G7 summit.
Russian offensive continues in eastern Ukraine
After the key city of Severodonetsk was confirmed by Ukraine
to be "completely under Russian occupation" on Saturday, the country's
eastern Luhansk region is now almost entirely under Russian control.
However, Ukrainian forces continue to defend the neighboring city of
Lysychansk, which is coming under growing Russian artillery and rocket
attacks.
On
Sunday, the head of the neighboring Donetsk region's military
administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said Russian forces were gathering for
fresh assaults in the region, nearly half of which is under Ukrainian
control.
"We
are now witnessing the accumulation of manpower, heavy armored vehicles
and artillery in the direction of Sloviansk," Kyrylenko said on
Ukrainian television.
"The
enemy is using its well-known tactics, trying to move closer to our
line of defense in order to fire artillery at the cities. Enemy
artillery is already reaching certain parts of Sloviansk. This is
another confirmation that people should evacuate."
Throughout
the offensive in the east, Russian forces have used intense artillery
and rocket bombardment ahead of trying to take ground. They are
attacking areas of Donetsk from three directions.
Kyrylenko
said there had been a missile strike and rocket attacks on Kurakhove, a
town on the southern front line in Donetsk that has been a target of
Russian attacks for more than two months. Avdiivka had also been hit by
rockets, he said.
As
Russian forces step up the momentum of their offensive in eastern
Ukraine, the city of Kharkiv and surrounding areas have come under
increasing artillery fire again.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu
also visited Russian troops involved in what the Kremlin has called the
special military operation in Ukraine, according to the Defense
Ministry.
Video
released by the news agency RIA Novosti shows Shoigu disembarking from a
helicopter in an unknown location and meeting officers inside what
appears to be a command center.
The
Telegram channel of the Russian Defense Ministry said Shoigu "listened
to reports from commanders on the current situation and the actions of
the Russian Armed Forces in the main operational areas at command
posts."
Shoigu
is also seen conferring medals on several soldiers, including "the Gold
Star Medals of the Hero of the Russian Federation and the Order of
Courage," according to the Telegram post. It's unclear exactly which
locations Shoigu visited and whether they were inside Ukraine.
Putin says Russia will supply nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus
Russia
will transfer nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus
over the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian
President Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
"In
the next few months, we will transfer to Belarus the Iskander-M
tactical missile systems, which, as you know, can use both ballistic and
cruise missiles, both in conventional and nuclear versions," Putin told
Lukashenko, according to the Kremlin.
In
a transcript of the meeting, Lukashenko expressed to Putin his "stress"
and concerns and over what he alleged are flights by United States and
NATO planes "training to carry nuclear warheads" close to Belarus'
border.
Lukashenko
asked Putin to consider "a mirrored response" to the flights or to
convert Russia's Su-35 fighter jets, that are currently deployed to
Belarus, so that "they can carry nuclear warheads."
Putin
replied that although it is possible to match the US flights, "there is
no need," and suggested that because Belarus' military has a large
number of Su-25 aircraft that can be converted to nuclear-capable
instead.
The
Iskander-M is a Russian built short range ballistic missile system that
can carry conventional or nuclear warheads with a maximum range of up
to 500 KM (310 miles),according to Janes Defense.
On Saturday, Ukraine said it had been hit by attacks launched from the Belarusian airspace for the first time.
G7 announces ban on import of Russian gold
President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson formally announced Sunday that the G7 countries will ban the import of Russian gold, the country's second-largest export after energy.
Biden
tweeted on the announcement Sunday in Germany, "The United States has
imposed unprecedented costs on Putin to deny him the revenue he needs to
fund his war against Ukraine. Together, the G7 will announce that we
will ban the import of Russian gold, a major export that rakes in tens
of billions of dollars for Russia."
Biden
also remarked on the unity of the G7 and NATO on Ukraine and the
Russian invasion, telling German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the G7 and
NATO will stay together and not "splinter."
British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the price of allowing Russian
President Vladimir Putin to "continue with his program of conquest" is
far higher than the current cost.
"The
price of backing down, the price of allowing Putin to succeed, to hack
off huge parts of Ukraine, to continue with his program of conquest,
that price will be far, far higher. Everybody here understands that,"
Johnson said in an interview on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in
Germany.
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