Strikes disrupt daily life in Kyiv as air-raid alerts send civilians to shelters
Air-raid alerts disrupted the morning routine of families in central Kyiv, sending children, parents and school staff into a shelter for two hours. The account comes as Mayor Vitali Klitschko says residents can no longer regard the city as being in peacetime amid reported strikes affecting a school, hospital and bridge.
An air-raid alert interrupted the school drop-off routine in central Kyiv, according to the supplied report. Valeriya Tkachenko was taking her son to school when staff moved children and parents into a shelter.
Tkachenko, identified as a lawyer, spent the next two hours in the shelter with her son. She said she was frightened about what might happen to him and emerged late for work after the alert.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Kyiv residents could no longer pretend the city was in peacetime. The report describes strikes affecting a school, a hospital and a bridge, but the supplied information does not provide further details about the damage, timing or casualties.
The source characterizes the attacks as part of an escalation by Russia. It does not provide additional confirmed information about the number of strikes, the areas affected, the identity of those responsible for individual incidents, or what authorities planned to do next.
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