'It is a war zone but it is shocking that it happened close to us,' Saviano Abreu, a spokesman for the U.N.'s humanitarian office, was quoted saying. The attack killed one person: a journalist.
The strike killed at least one person: a journalist
The Russian military says it used"high-precision long-range air-based weapons" to destroy buildings related to the Artem rocket and space enterprise in Kyiv. But a visit to the scene found that the most visible damage was to an apartment building nearby. The building stands next to a factory that makes missile parts, but also vacuum cleaners.
The perception of the attack as an intentional slight was heightened by one of Guterres' main goals: to negotiate humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave Mariupol. People in that besieged port city, he said,"need an escape route out of the apocalypse."As for what comes next in Ukraine, military experts see the Russians making a big push in eastern Ukraine and trying to seize control of the south.
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