The fatal victim whose body was found this Friday in the rubble of the residential building that yesterday was attacked with missiles by the Russian Army in kyiv is a Ukrainian journalist who worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Libertyfrom the United States, reported the Media Information Institute (IMI) on its website.
Is about Virah Hyrychthe editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian service of Radio Liberty, Inna Kuznetsova, confirmed to IMI.
“Vira’s body was found on April 29 while clearing debris from a house in the Shevchenkivskyi district (kyiv). During the shelling, the rocket hit the journalist’s apartment,” Kuznetsova added.
The 25-story building was partially destroyed as a result of Russian bombardmentassured, for its part, the Emergency Services of Ukraine.
The bombing in kyiv, which It has also caused ten injuriesoccurred during a visit of the general secretary of the UN, Anthony Guterresto the Ukrainian capital.
“The rescuers, who continue to inspect and clear the rubble of the residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district struck yesterday, have just found the body,” the mayor of kyiv announced this morning, Vitaly Klitschkoon his Telegram account, after discovering the remains of the journalist.
The Russian authorities assured today that in the attack on kyiv they destroyed with long-range and high-precision missiles the facilities of the rocket and space industry company Artemwithout specifying how many rockets were launched or the total number of targets in the city.
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After the attack this Thursday, which occurred coinciding with the visit of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, to the Ukrainian capital, its mayor denounced that Russian bombardments have already caused more than a hundred deaths in the city.
The Russian army, which began the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, had stopped shelling the city of kyiv and its surroundings in recent weeks to focus on establishing control in the east and south of the country.