War entering ‘new phase’ with ‘something happening’ in Kherson | War latest

This week, Russia launched its most devastating attack on Kyiv since the invasion of Ukraine in February, killing and injuring some of those still in the capital, and crippling vital infrastructure.

The toll of the attack, and the panic which ensued, is brought into sharp focus in the latest edition of the Sky News Ukraine War Diaries podcast.

“There were seven bombs, seven missiles and seven hits that I heard,” explains Ilyas Verdiev, who watched the attack unfold from his apartment in the centre of the Ukrainian capital.

“I saw the smoke rising up from the buildings… some people don’t have electricity. Some people don’t have water.”

“The missile hit the road and crossed not far away from the kindergarten where my son used to go,” he continues. “Fortunately, I’m happy that they are [away] now and they don’t have to to witness this.”

Verdiev’s wife and two sons escaped to Poland in the days immediately following the Russian invasion. And because Kyiv has not suffered on the scale of other Ukrainian cities, the attack has brought its own emotional escalation

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