'There were seven bombs, seven missiles and seven hits that I heard,' explains Ilyas Verdiev, who watched the attack unfold from his apartment in the centre of the Ukrainian capital
"All you want is for them to die," says Verdiev."It's just hate. It's not even hate. It's even more than hate. Or it's just another stage."The attack on the Kerch Bridge which links Crimea to the Russian mainland, is credited with sparking a Russian response which rained missiles down on Ukraine
By coincidence, fellow Kyiv resident and Ukraine War Diaries contributor, Oksana Koshel, had departed the capital hours before on a bus to Warsaw, only to drive into the radius of further strikes. "It's always more upsetting seeing the reactions of ordinary Russian people," continues Oksana."They're like, 'yeah, finally, like, wipe Kiev off the face of Earth. Kill [all] of the Ukrainians.'