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Two powerful explosions rocked Kiev on Thursday evening, at a time when the UN chief was on a visit to the Ukrainian capital, shortly after meeting with Putin in Moscow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The attack, which could have endangered Guterres’s life, was also confirmed by the Russian Minister of Defense.<\/p>\n
“High-precision, long-range air weapons of the Russian Air Force have destroyed the missile production facilities and the Artyom space company in Kiev.”<\/em><\/p>\n As a result of the attack, journalist and producer of Radio Free Europe Vera Girich lost her life after one of the Russian missiles hit the house where she lived in Kiev.<\/p>\n The attack is the first in the capital in almost two weeks, and Guterres’s spokesman described it as “shocking”. While the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko as well as Zelensky, who called the attack a mockery of Putin with international institutions, said:<\/p>\n “What is also symbolic at this moment when the Secretary-General of the United Nations is in Kiev is that it seems like a mocking salute to him. Putin pointed the middle finger at the moment, bombing our homes, destroying them. “Putin’s target is not houses, his target is people’s lives.”<\/em><\/p>\n Guterres, who visited the city of Bucharest and other suburbs of Kiev, said he was self-critical about the institution he runs, saying the Security Council failed to do everything in its power to prevent and end this war.<\/p>\n Citing his meeting with Putin, he said the Russian president had agreed “in principle” to the involvement of the United Nations and the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians at the Mariupol steel plant in Azovstal.<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n top channel
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