Russia makes new attacks on Ukraine; Video shows destruction and huge cloud of dust at a subway station in Kiev

Cloud of dust and destruction dominates subway station in Kiev after Russian attack Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and hundreds of drones at night, killing two people, injuring 15 and causing damage and fires in various parts of the country, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday (21). According to the Ukraine Air Force, the new attack involved the launch of 426 drones and 24 missiles – 23 of these drones would have been able to reach their targets in different parts of the territory. Images posted on a social network show the moment when a cloud of dust involved the Lukianivska subway station in Kiev on Monday morning (see the video above). On the way out and outside the place, a lot of destruction. “Russia’s attacks are always against humanity: a childhood garden, residential buildings and other civil infrastructure have been burned in Kiev,” Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram. Residential building hit in Kiev, Ukraine, by Russian attack Oleksii Filippov / AFP Russian media said Ukraine also performed drone attacks, causing chaos at Moscow airports, where thousands of passengers waited on queues or slept after flights were canceled or late. The Russian Ministry of Defense said it has toppled 117 Ukrainian drones at night, including 30 over the Moscow region. Opposite positions in peace negotiations after the new exchange of offensive, the Russian government also commented on Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is in favor of a new round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, but the positions on both sides are totally opposite. On Saturday (19), Zelensky sent to Russia an offer to hold another round of peace negotiations this week and said he wanted to accelerate negotiations for a ceasefire. “There is our sketching draft, there is a sketch of memo that has been delivered to the Ukrainian side. There will be an exchange of opinions and conversations about these two drafts, which are diametrically opposite so far,” Peskov said, stating that there is a lot of diplomatic work to be done. Ukraine and Russia held two rounds of negotiations in Istanbul on May 16 and June 2, which led to the exchange of thousands of prisoners of war and the remains of dead soldiers. But both sides did not advance toward a ceasefire or an agreement that end almost three and a half years of war. Metro station destroyed in Kiev Oleksii Filippov / AFP

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