As Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv on Monday, one such strike exploded into a fireball in a park near the government district where Ukraine’s parliament and presidential office are located, New York Times reported.
The site- symbolic- includes a monument dedicated to the friendship between Russia and Ukraine and is called the People’s Friendship Arch. It was not clear if the arch was damaged, the report further said.
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Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia timed its strikes on Ukraine to inflict the greatest possible losses among people. The strikes had also targeted the country’s energy infrastructure, he said.
“They want panic and chaos, they want to destroy our energy system. The second target is people. Such a time and such targets were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible,” Zelensky said.
Ukraine’s top general said the country’s forces shot down at least 41 missiles that were fired at Ukraine by Russia.
“This morning, 75 missiles were launched. 41 of them were neutralised by our air defence,” General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said.
