Russia is heavily bombing Ukraine: "Not a district of the capital was spared by these strikes"

• kyiv was heavily bombed by the Russian army on the night of May 23-24.
• The strikes shook buildings in the Ukrainian capital.
• Our correspondent on site, Guillaume Ptak, summarizes the situation on LCI.

Considerable damage for the Ukrainian capital. On the night of Saturday May 23 to Sunday May 24, the Russian army carried out large-scale strikes on kyiv using 600 drones and 90 missiles, according to the Ukrainian air forces, which said they had intercepted 55 missiles and 549 drones.

Our correspondent on site, Guillaume Ptak, described on LCI “apocalyptic scenes this morning in kyiv”in a sequence to be found in the video at the top of this article. “According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, not a district of the capital kyiv would have been spared by these strikes“, he continued.

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“It’s a safe bet that the toll will rise further as rescue operations continue this morning.” also indicates our correspondent.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriï Sybiga, for his part, accused Moscow of having carried out “one of the biggest terrorist attacks on kyiv“For its part, Russia confirmed having used Orechnik missiles, of intermediate range and nuclear capability, to target Ukraine in nighttime bombings, claiming however to have only directed them against military targets.