Ukraine Admits Heavy Losses in Russian Onslaught | DW News
On Thursday, Russian missiles struck the center of Kyiv. One of the missiles hit an apartment building. As a result, Radio Free Europe journalist Vira Hyrych was killed. The Prague-based news outlet said that the missiles damaged the first and the second floor of the 25-story residential building, causing a fire. The shelling took place during the visit of UN Secretary-General on Thursday, with the reporter's body discovered on Friday morning.
In his daily video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian strikes on Thursday were an attempt to "humiliate" the global organization.
The missiles hit a residential neighborhood in Kyiv less than an hour after he and UN chief Antonio Guterres held a joint press conference some 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) away.
It's so amazing to listen to ordinary Russians talk about the war in Ukraine when everything they're told about the conflict comes from one source; Russian state media. It's like they don't want to hear any opposing points of view, or perhaps the level of indoctrination is so strong that elementary objectivity simply doesn't exist in Russia today. I am curious to see how they will feel when the evidence of the war, of all its death and destruction that Russia has unleashed on Ukraine and its people, stands before them in full growth.
Of course Ukraine is taking losses. Russia has partial air superiority and they have much more long range firepower and armor than Ukraine does. Given the circumstances, Ukrainians have performed admirably on the field. Putin expected the country to fold in 2 weeks and here they are 2 months later resisting tooth and nails.
