Multiple Large Explosions Hit Centre of Ukraine’s Capital Kyiv for First Time in Months

Multiple explosions hit the center of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv Monday, with reports of dead and injured, according to the city’s emergency services.

It comes just two days after a blast destroyed part of Russia’s Kerch Bridge, the only bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to convene a meeting of his national security council and has called the Kerch Bridge explosion a “terrorist attack” carried out by Ukraine.

State Emergency Services told Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne that the explosions had caused causing deaths and injuries, according to Reuters, though the casualty number is unknown.

“Several explosions in the Shevchenkiv district – in the center of the capital. All services follow to place. Details later,” Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitchko said on Telegram, according to a Google translation.

Ukrainians had been bracing themselves for a retaliatory attack after an explosion destroyed part of Russia’s Kerch bridge on Saturday, the only bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed illegally in 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the bridge explosion a “terrorist attack” and accused Ukrainian forces of being behind it.

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