Russian missiles have struck the centre of the Ukrainian capital during a visit by Antonio Guterres, wounding three people.
Firefighters try to put out a fire following an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday, 28 April 2022.UN chief Antonio Guterres and his team were "shocked" by the proximity of the Russian strikes which slammed into central Kyiv as they were visiting on Thursday but were all "safe", a spokesman said.
He said three people had been taken to hospital but the extent of their injuries was not immediately clear."Today, immediately after the end of our talks in Kyiv, Russian missiles flew into the city. Five rockets. And this says a lot... about the Russian leadership's efforts to humiliate the UN and everything that the organisation represents," Mr Zelenskyy said, adding that it required "a correspondingly powerful reaction".
Earlier, on his first visit to Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on 24 February, Mr Guterres toured several towns and villages near Kyiv where Russian forces are accused of killing civilians. The first phase of Russia's invasion failed to reach Kyiv or overthrow Mr Zelenskyy's government after encountering stiff Ukrainian resistance reinforced with Western weapons.
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