Ukraine: Russia strikes a military factory in the suburbs of kyiv – franceinfo

What you need to know The city of kyiv is once again becoming a target for Moscow. A military factory manufacturing tanks in particular was targeted on Saturday morning April 16 by a bombardment in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital. Russia claimed responsibility for the strike. A large number of soldiers and police are present on the spot, preventing access to the complex, from which smoke escapes. The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, indicated on Facebook that he had no information on the potential victims at this stage. Follow the situation live with franceinfo. Zelensky demands more weapons. As usual, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Westerners with a video message. “You can make the war much shorter. The sooner and more we receive the weapons we have requested, the stronger our position will be and the sooner peace will come,” he said. Moscow announces “aftershock” strikes. “The number and scale of missile strikes on Kyiv sites will increase in response to all terrorist-type attacks and sabotage carried out on Russian territory by the nationalist regime in Kyiv,” the Russian ministry warned. of the defense. Violence continues in the east. In the largest region of Donbass, that of Donetsk, where “fighting is taking place on the entire front line”, three people were killed and seven injured on Friday, the Ukrainian presidency said. The other region of this mining basin, that of Lugansk, was the scene of 24 bombings which left two dead and two wounded, according to the same source.