kyiv is activated to obtain from its allies the delivery of modern anti -aircraft defense systems.
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Russian missile shots that hit the heart of Ukrainian cities on Monday October 10, in a way, plunged Ukrainians back into the dark days that followed the trigger for war on February 24. In kyiv, while rescuers lent assistance to the wounded on the sidewalks, that ambulances crisscrossed the streets of the city, that firefighters exhausted fires, thousands of inhabitants found, during the five hours of the air alert, The path of metro stations and underground shelters.
There are however two notable differences between the first days of war and the attack on Monday: the first is that there are no Russian armored columns rolling towards kyiv and other cities of the country, and that The recent military defeats of Moscow on the battlefield are even precisely the reason for the punitive operation towards the Ukrainian population; The second is that in this eighth month of war, the confidence of the Ukrainians in a victory is unshakable.
“Putin is crisis of nerves, but we continue as before”, grumbles in a low voice a Kievian policeman, posted in the street of the “tower 101”, whose glass facade has just been blown away by the explosion of a Russian missile. Pieces of sheet metal and glass shards litter the road.
A thick puddle of blood is slowly absorbed by the sidewalk. “I think the guy who rested there is dead. He had both legs almost cut,” explains Mikhail, an electrician working in the red brick building at the foot of the tower. “I was lucky. Shards torn my pants, but I have nothing, continues the worker. First I felt the shock wave, then I found myself in a cloud of Dust. Fortunately, I was far from the tower and the glass did not fall on me. “Behind him, a dozen wounded, all in shock, are seated, squatting, lying near a wall in front of the tower. They are gradually supported by emergency services.
Moscow’s desire to establish a climate of terror
“We face it. The main thing is to get rid of the invader, takes up Mikhail, whose office has disappeared in the explosion. Putin wants to terrorize us, but we are no longer afraid of him. Soon, we will have the anti -missile systems and it will only be a bad memory. “” We are no longer afraid “is a sentence that returns to the streets of kyiv. Many inhabitants of the capital display the same determination as the electrician. “Russia cannot intimidate us,” wrote in a tweet lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, whose Civil For Civil Liberties has just been co-annoyed the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.
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