{"id":478735,"date":"2022-07-28T17:26:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russia-launches-attack-on-kyiv-for-first-time-in-weeks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-28T17:26:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:26:59","slug":"russia-launches-attack-on-kyiv-for-first-time-in-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russia-launches-attack-on-kyiv-for-first-time-in-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russia launches attack on Kyiv for first time in weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367541d12c4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367541d12c4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russia-launches-attack-on-kyiv-for-first-time-in-weeks\/#%E2%80%9CRussia_launches_attack_on_Kyiv_for_first_time_in_weeks%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russia launches attack on Kyiv for first time in weeks&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRussia_launches_attack_on_Kyiv_for_first_time_in_weeks%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Russia launches attack on Kyiv for first time in weeks&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, announced a counteroffensive to take back the occupied Kherson region in the country\u2019s south, territory seized by Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces early in the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Vyshgorod district on the outskirts of Kyiv was targeted early in the morning, and an \u201cinfrastructure object\u201d was hit, regional Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram. There was no im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te word on any casualties. Vyshgorod is 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital\u2019s center.<\/p>\n<p>Kuleba linked the strikes to the Day of Statehood, a commemoration that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instituted last year and Ukraine marked for the time on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia, with the help of missiles, is mounting revenge for the widespread popular resistance, which the Ukrainians were able to organize precisely because of their statehood,\u201d Kuleba told Ukrainian television. \u201cUkraine has already broken Russia\u2019s plans and will continue to defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-09-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A residential building damaged by a Russian military strike  in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine July 28, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23236470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-09-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-09-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-09-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A residential building damaged by a Russian military strike  in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine July 28, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-08.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Rescuers evacuate an injuried man from a building destroyed by Russian forces in Toretsk, Ukraine on July 28, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23236205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Rescuers evacuate an injured man from a building destroyed by Russian forces in Toretsk, Ukraine on July 28, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chernihiv regional Gov. Vyacheslav Chaus reported that the Russians also fired missiles from the territory of Belarus at the village of Honcharivska. The Chernihiv region had not been targeted in weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Russian troops withdrew from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions months ago after failing to capture either. The renewed strikes come a day after the leader of pro-Kremlin separatists in the east, Denis Pushilin, urged Russian forces to \u201cliberate Russian cities founded by the Russian people \u2014 Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lutsk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, also came under a barrage of shelling overnight, according to the mayor. The southern city of Mykolaiv was fired on as well, with one person reported injured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Emergency workers carry a woman from a bombed residential building in Toretsk, Ukraine on July 28, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23236232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Emergency workers carry a woman from a bombed residential building in Toretsk, Ukraine on July 28, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Kharkiv.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A Ukrainian fires self-propelled artillery toward Russian forces in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on July 27, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23236041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Kharkiv.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Kharkiv.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Kharkiv.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Ukrainian fires self-propelled artillery toward Russian forces in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on July 27, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military kept up a counterattack in the Kherson region, knocking out of commission a key bridge over the Dnieper River on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian media quoted Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich as saying the operation to liberate Kherson is underway, with Kyiv\u2019s forces planning to isolate Russian troops and leave them with three options \u2014 \u201cretreat, if possible, surrender or be destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council, said the Russians are concentrating maximum forces in the direction of Kherson, warning: \u201cA very large-scale movement of their troops has begun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The British military said Ukraine has used its new, Western-supplied long-range artillery to damage at least three of the bridges across the Dnieper that Russia relies on to supply its forces.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for additional military aid from the US.\" class=\"wp-image-23236162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for additional military aid from the US.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STR\/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s presidential office said Thursday morning that Russian shelling of cities and villages over the past 24 hours killed at least five civilians, all of them in the eastern Donetsk province, and wounded nine.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting in recent weeks has focused on Donetsk province. It has intensified in recent days as Russian forces <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to emerge from a reported \u201coperational pause\u201d after capturing neighboring Luhansk province.<\/p>\n<p>A missile struck a residential building in Toretsk early Thursday morning, destroying two floors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a government meeting in Moscow, Russia on July 28, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23236171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a government meeting in Moscow, Russia on July 28, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mikhail Klimentyev\/TASS via ZUMA Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMissile terror again. We will not give up. \u2026 We will not be intimidated,\u201d Donetsk regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Military analysts believe Russian forces are focusing their efforts on capturing the cities of Bakhmut and Siversk in Donetsk province.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy instituted the Day of Statehood to remind Ukrainians about the country\u2019s history as an independent state. The commemoration honors Prince Vladimir, who made Christianity the official religion of the medieval state of Kyivan Rus more than 1,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian regional Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba claimed an \u201cinfrastructure object\u201d was damaged from Russian missile strikes in Kyiv.\" class=\"wp-image-23236191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/russia-attacks-kyiv-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian regional Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba claimed an \u201cinfrastructure object\u201d was damaged from Russian missile strikes in Kyiv.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Vladyslav Sodel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kremlin also lays claim to the heritage of Kyivan Rus. 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