Feb 7,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
EU High
Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, who is on a
two-day visit to Ukraine, announced that he spent the morning in a shelter.
As he
stated, he ended up in the shelter because of the air raid alarms that went off
all over Kyiv.
''Starting
my morning in the shelter as air alarms are sounding across Kyiv. This is the
daily reality of the brave Ukrainian people, since Russia launched its illegal
aggression'', Borrell posted on X platform.
Russia
launched a missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in the morning,
the Ukrainian air force said, and several explosions were heard in the capital
as air defense systems were engaged in repelling the attack.
Loud
explosions were heard in Kyiv shortly before 7:00 a.m., eyewitnesses reported
to the Reuters agency. The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitalii Klitschko, announced on
Telegram that air defense systems have been engaged.
He added
that parts of the capital of Ukraine were left without electricity today, after
a downed Russian missile damaged power lines. In Kyiv and the rest of the
country, air warnings have been in place for more than two hours, according to
Reuters.
Oleh
Syniehubov, the governor of Kharkiv Oblast, in northeastern Ukraine, said
Russian missiles hit non-residential infrastructure in the city of Kharkiv, the
administrative center of the region.
Earlier it
was announced that during his visit to Ukraine Borrell will hold meetings with
President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov.
As the
press service of the European Union announced yesterday, he will also address
the deputies in the Verkhovna Rada.
High
Representative and Vice President Borrell will visit the EU Advisory Mission
for the Reform of the Civilian Security Sector in Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine).
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