A pair of cruise missiles slammed into a residential high-rise in Kyiv Thursday, injuring 10 people in Russia’s first strikes on Ukraine’s capital city in nearly two weeks. The attack came just hours after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres toured parts of Kyiv devastated by Russia’s invasion, and just minutes after he’d wrapped up a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky said the timing of the missile attacks showed Russia was seeking to humiliate the United Nations and everything it represents. Guterres reiterated the U.N.’s call for a ceasefire and said his priority is to ensure Moscow and Kyiv set up evacuation and aid corridors in Ukraine that are truly safe.
Secretary-General António Guterres: “Today Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain. I witnessed that today very vividly today around Kyiv, the senseless loss of life, the massive destruction, the unacceptable violations of human rights and the laws of war. It is vital that the International Criminal Court and other U.N. mechanisms conduct their work, so that there can be real accountability.”