The alarm was sounded in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Monday morning, with the city’s mayor speaking of explosions in the city center just hours after Vladimir Putin “blamed” that it was Ukrainian forces who caused the explosion on the bridge in Crimea.
According to Ukraine’s emergency services, from the “several explosions” in Kyiv there is a “number of victims”. As reported by Anton Gerashenko, the adviser to the Minister of Security of Ukraine, a Russian missile fell near the Hrushevsky monument.
A shocking video shows a young girl walking in Kyiv when suddenly and at a short distance another missile explodes with the shock wave “hitting” the girl.
A girl was recording a video message in #Kyiv and was hit by an explosive wave. pic.twitter.com/LJIX5iDmWK
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 10, 2022
A Wall Street Journal reporter posted video he claims was recorded in Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv. In the video, a crater can be seen near children’s toys.
Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv now. Probably the city’s busiest park, usually packed with people and street musicians pic.twitter.com/9kIS4rBiKq
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) October 10, 2022
The moment of one of the explosions was recorded by the BBC journalist during a live broadcast. He is seen in the video crouching and then hastily leaving to find shelter.
This is how the BBC broadcast in Kyiv looked like in the morning. pic.twitter.com/tI1VP2skWc
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 10, 2022
Footage from the center of Kyiv pic.twitter.com/JzuWVgXLBw
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 10, 2022
Ukrainian MP Alexei Gondsarenko spoke of missiles falling “right in the center of the city”.
Kyiv. The rocket fell right in the center of the city. Cars are burning, and windows have been shattered in houses. There are dead pic.twitter.com/mhbyexsIFe
— Oleksiy Goncharenko (@GoncharenkoUa) October 10, 2022