Agency Report –
Germany’s Economics Minister Katherina Reiche had to shelter in a bunker during the Russian air strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kiev overnight.
It was a distressing experience for her, but unfortunately a sad part of everyday life for Ukrainians, she said at a press conference on Saturday.
“That night showed me once again very clearly that Russia’s attacks on the Ukrainian population are aimed at wearing them down,” she said.
At least two people were killed and 12 others injured in the attack.
Reiche arrived in Ukraine on Friday with an economic delegation for a visit lasting several days. The attacks on the electricity and heating supply shortly before winter begins are a danger, she said in Kiev. She promised Ukraine help to rebuild its destroyed energy infrastructure, and said Germany will not abandon the Ukrainian people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Russia had used nine ballistic missiles in addition to dozens of drones in the night-time attack.
Since the beginning of the year, Russia has fired almost 770 ballistic missiles and more than 50 cruise missiles at his country.
