Ukraine President Says Missiles Hit Kyiv While UN Secretary-General Was Still Visiting

"The end of the war depends on Russia," says UN Secretary General 0:40

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 Ukrainian officials condemned the missile attack by Russia in Kyiv this Thursday night, which occurred when the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, was finishing a visit to the Ukrainian capital.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his daily video message, said that "today, immediately after the end of our talks [with Guterres] in Kyiv, Russian missiles flew into the city. 5 missiles. This says a lot about the real attitude of Russia towards global institutions, about efforts by Russian leaders to humiliate the UN and everything the organization stands for. And therefore requires an appropriate and powerful response."

"Russian missile strikes in Ukraine, in Kyiv, Fastiv, Odessa, Khmelnytskyi and other cities, prove once again that one cannot relax yet, one cannot think that the war is over. We still have to fight, we have to expel the occupants," Zelensky said.

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  Why doesn't the UN do more to stop what is happening in Ukraine?

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a tweet: “During the meeting with @antonioguterres in Kyiv, we heard explosions.

Russia launched a missile attack on the capital.

I am sure that the UN Secretary General will duly assess this defiant behavior of the occupier.

The war in #Ukraine is an attack on world security!”

Ukrainian authorities say several people were injured when the missile hit an apartment building in Kyiv, causing extensive damage and starting a fire.

Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said there were at least six confirmed injuries after a missile hit a residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district.

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Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office, said on Telegram: "During the visit of the UN secretary general to Kyiv, Russia fired missiles at the capital. This is proof that we need an early victory over the Russian Federation and the entire world. civilized world. The world must unite around Ukraine."

What we know about the meeting between Putin and Guterres 0:43

“We must act quickly.

More weapons, more efforts to solve humanitarian problems, more assistance.

Because every day Ukraine pays a high price for the defense of democracy and freedom.

And in this fight we cannot lose.

Russia must be deprived of the right of veto in the UN Security Council."

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