The rocket attack has hit the very heart of the Ukrainian capital. The apartment block that was hit is about four kilometers from Maidan Square. The attack took place on Sunday morning at 06:30 local time. This is the first attack on the capital since the beginning of June. Mayor Vitaly Klitschko was quickly in place. – We know that there are people inside the building. Right now we are working hard to get them out, says Klitschko. He says that the rescue crews have pulled out a 7-year-old girl. – She’s alive. Now they are trying to save her mother, he says. – At least five people are injured, says Ukrainian Police Chief Ihor Klymenko, according to AFP. Several must also be sent to hospital. On Sunday morning, several news agencies report two explosions on the outskirts of the capital. Reporter Sidsel Wold and photographer Håvard Greger Hagen are at a block of flats in Kyiv that was attacked on Sunday morning. First major attack in several weeks The situation has been relatively calm in Kyiv since the Russians withdrew from the areas around the city at the end of March. Many civilians who fled when the war began have returned home. The attack on Sunday is the first major attack on the city since June 5, writes Reuters. Then a workshop on the outskirts of the capital was hit. In late April, a person was killed when a building was bombed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj last night again called for the country’s allies to provide Ukraine with air defense, writes the BBC. On Sunday, the leaders of the G7 countries in Germany will meet. Here it is expected that they will promise more weapons aid to Ukraine and introduce more sanctions against Russia. Rescue crews are looking for people in the apartment block that was hit by a rocket on Sunday morning. Photo: håvard greger hagen / news Russia on the offensive in the east The attack on Sunday takes place the day after Russia took full control of the city of Sievjerodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. The city is located in Luhansk Oblast, where Russia and Russian-backed separatists now control 95 percent. When Russian forces withdrew from the capital in March, the military leadership stated that everything would be done to take control of all the areas that make up the counties of Luhansk and Donetsk. Smoke rises after the rocket attack on the center of Kyiv on Sunday morning. Photo: GLEB GARANICH / Reuters On Sunday, the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu will have visited Russian forces in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video showing Shoigu getting off a plane and then talking to officers. According to the ministry, Shoigu handed out medals to some soldiers for their efforts in what Moscow describes as Russian special operations in the neighboring country, writes NTB. Where in Ukraine the alleged visit took place is not known.
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