At least eight (8) persons have lost their lives and twenty-five (25) persons have sustained various degrees of injuries as multiple missiles hit the capital of Ukrain, Kyiv, this morning.
In the videos and pictures which originated from the capital of Ukraine showed burning cars and bodies in the streets.
The officials reportedly said that the rockets had collided with infrastructures aimed at targeting the civilians.
The president of Ukraine, Zelensky while confirming the incident said that the cities of Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia – in central Ukraine – were also affected.
Reports also have it that there were explosions at the far-western city of Lviv.
The Ukrainian president while reacting to the attack that, “Russia is trying to wipe us off the face of the earth”.
Russia has not given any justifiable reason for the attacks, but there were speculations that the attacks may not be unconnected with a deadly explosion which crippled the Kerch Bridge connecting mainland Russia to Crimea at the weekend.
The Informant247 recalls that the Russian president had earlier blamed Ukraine for the attacks on Crimea bridge, and referred to it as ‘terrorists act’.