People in Kyiv woke up to the sound of explosions in the sky (Picture: Reuters/AP)
It appears Vladimir Putin is not afraid of the wrath of the West as he bombed Ukraine’s capital while a US diplomat was on his way to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky there.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is believed to have arrived in Kyiv on an official visit, sources close to the president’s office told Ukrainian media.
His third visit to the war-torn country comes just days after Zelensky dismissed his defence minister Oleksii Reznikov after a number of corruption scandals in the ministry.
But just hours before Blinken touched down on Ukrainian soil Russia launched missiles at Kyiv.
People awoke to the sudden sound of air raid sirens followed by explosions in the sky.
Ukrainian air defence systems shot them all down, and no casualties were reported, officials said.
‘Another missile attack by the enemy on a peaceful city,’ Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv military administration, said on Telegram.
Falling debris damaged the facades of buildings, private cars, windows in a medical facility and a police office, officials said.
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