Three loud blasts rock Kyiv

By : Guardian Nigeria

Date: 10 October 2022 8:04am WAT

Smoke and dirt rise from the city of Severodonetsk, during shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, on May 26, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. - Ukraine said may 26 the war in the east of the country had hit its fiercest level yet as it urged Western allies to match words with support against invading Russian forces. Moscow's troops are pushing into the industrial Donbas region after failing to take the capital Kyiv, closing in on several urban centres including the strategically located Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)

Three loud blasts were heard in central Kyiv early on Monday, according to AFP journalists in the city, a day after Russia’s leader blamed Ukraine for an explosion on a key Crimea bridge.

The explosions took place around 0815 local time (0515 GMT), with air raid sirens sounding in the Ukrainian capital more than an hour before the blasts.

“Several explosions in the Shevchenkivskyi district — in the centre of the capital,” Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on social media.

Videos posted on social media showed black smoke rising above several areas in the city.

An AFP reporter saw numerous ambulances that appeared to be heading to the scene of the blasts.

The explosions took place a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukrainian secret services for a deadly blast on the bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to Russia.

The last strikes on Kyiv took place on June 26.

Three loud blasts rock Kyiv

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