Russia has carried out an air strike on the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko announced, quoted by Reuters and BTA.
Tonight at 00:00 The three-day truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Moscow's celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II has expired.
The world agency has received information from Kiev that a rumble resembling air defense operations was heard on the spot.
The Russian drone attack on Kiev comes just hours after Putin proposed direct peace talks with Ukraine at a night press conference in the Kremlin on Thursday, May 15, in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul, Reuters notes.
According to Putin's words to media representatives in the Kremlin during the pause in hostilities he announced, Ukraine attacked Russia with 524 air drones, 45 naval drones and a number of Western missiles. Russian forces have repelled five Ukrainian attacks on Russian regions during this period, the Russian president added.
Three civilians were injured yesterday as a result of a new series of Russian air strikes in the Kupyansk district of Ukraine's Kharkiv region, Ukrinform reported, citing a message on the "Telegram" application of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office.
The strikes were carried out during the three-day pause in Moscow's military operations against Ukraine announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which expired at 00:00 today.
"According to the investigation, at 15:30 on May 10, Russian forces carried out a series of air strikes in the city of Kupyansk. Damage was caused to residential buildings and cars. In addition, at about 18:30 "Russian servicemen attacked the village of Blakhodativka in the Kupyansky district with a drone," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.