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The war in Ukraine / Zelensky visits The Hague, while new explosions shake Kiev

2023-05-04 08:38:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The war in Ukraine / Zelensky visits The Hague, while new explosions shake Kiev

Explosions were heard in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Kremlin.

Attacks were also reported in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa in the south. The airstrikes come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak in The Hague as part of a surprise visit to the Netherlands.

He will also visit the International Criminal Court, which is investigating alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to kill President Vladimir Putin, but Zelensky has denied that his country carried out the attack.

"We do not attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities," Zelensky said.

On Wednesday, Russian attacks in Ukraine's southern Kherson region killed 21 people. Officials said the victims included supermarket customers and energy company workers carrying out repairs.

And in the early hours of Thursday morning, air raid sirens sounded in many regions of Ukraine. Strong explosions were reported in Kiev and Odesa.

At the same time, a drone struck an oil refinery in southern Russia, setting part of it on fire - the latest in a series of explosions, fires and drone attacks that have taken place in Russia in recent weeks.

Some commentators have argued that the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin was carried out from within and was deliberately orchestrated by Russia.

The Institute for the Study of War said it is "extremely unlikely that two drones could have penetrated multiple layers of air defenses and exploded or crashed just above the heart of the Kremlin in a way that provides spectacular images captured beautifully by the camera ".

He said that "Russia likely staged this attack in an attempt to bring the war home to a domestic Russian audience and set the conditions for a wider social mobilization."

Yurii Ihnat, a spokesman for Ukraine's Air Force, said he thought Russia had staged the attack on the Kremlin in an attempt to "show some kind of escalation on the part of Ukraine".





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