Kyiv’s central district rocked by blasts second time in week By Reuters

By Pavel Polityuk and Simon Gardner

(Reuters) -The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine’s capital was rocked by blasts on Monday for the second time in per week in the course of the metropolis’s busy morning hours, with Mayor Vitali Klitshchko saying a number of residential buildings have been broken.

A number of blasts hit the district after 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), when many individuals rush to work or college, simply over an hour after the primary wave of explosions hit some residential buildings.

“Rescuers are on the positioning,” Klitshchko stated on the Telegram messaging service, including that on account of what he stated was a drone assault, a fireplace additionally broke out in a non-residential constructing.

There was no fast data on casualties.

Kyiv’s metropolis administration stated after the primary wave of explosions that “important infrastructure” was being attacked.

Shevchenkivskyi district, a busy hub with universities, scholar bars and eating places, was hit by a number of explosions on Monday final week when Russia ordered the most important aerial offensive towards Ukrainian cities in retaliation for a blast on a bridge linking mainland Russia to Crimea.

Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s employees, stated the newest assaults have been carried out with so-called suicide drones.

“Russians suppose this may assist them, however such actions are simply their convulsions,” Yermak stated on Telegram.

Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian assaults with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in current weeks. Iran denies supplying the drones to Russia, whereas the Kremlin has not commented.

Russia denies focusing on civilians in what it calls its “particular navy operation” in Ukraine.