Hot war: A series of large explosions rocked Kiev, Russia-Ukraine exchanged the bodies of hundreds of soldiers killed in battle

A series of explosions rocked Kiev this morning, June 5

“Several explosions have occurred in the Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of the capital Kiev,” Klitschko wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

At least one person has been hospitalized but no deaths have been reported as of early Sunday morning, Klitschko added.

Kiev’s Darnytskyi district lies on the left bank of the Dnipro River stretching from the city’s outskirts to the riverbank, while the Dniprovskyi district north of the city also lies along this river.

Reuters witnesses said they saw smoke in Kiev rising after the series of explosions.

The mayor of the historic town of Brovary, about 20km from central Kiev, has urged people to stay indoors because of reports of a smell of soot coming from the smoke.

Even though fighting is still raging in the Donbass, life in Kiev is slowly returning to normal as the city has been virtually untouched in recent weeks, as Moscow has now shifted its military focus to the west. east and south of Ukraine.

Air raid sirens still regularly disrupt life in Kiev, but there have been no major attacks on the city in the past few weeks.

Russia and Ukraine exchange bodies of hundreds of soldiers killed in battle

Kiev on June 4 announced that Ukraine and Russia had exchanged the bodies of 320 soldiers – 160 on each side – on June 2. The exchange took place on the front lines in the Zaporizhzhya region, in southeastern Ukraine.

Authorities in Kiev said representatives from their intelligence services and armed forces leaders were present during the exchange.

UK accuses Russian air strikes of causing “massive devastation” in Donbass

The British Ministry of Defense on June 4 accused Russia of conducting intense air strikes in the Donbass area.

The ministry stated: “The increasing use of unguided munitions has resulted in widespread destruction of areas in the Donbass and has almost certainly resulted in substantial property and commercial damage. civilian deaths”.

The UK Ministry of Defense added that Russia’s stockpile of precision-guided missiles “may have been significantly depleted” since the conflict broke out.

Ukraine accuses Russia of increasing troops in Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine’s military said that Russia has sent reinforcements to continue efforts to gain control of the city of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine’s Donbass region and is carrying out “attack operations” with artillery on the city.

But according to Reuters news agency, the Ukrainian military said that Russian forces had to withdraw after failing to capture the nearby town of Bakhmut.

Earlier, the governor of Luhansk province, Serhiy Haidai, told state television that the Ukrainian army had recaptured 20% of the territory in the city of Sievierodonetsk from Russia. Haidai said the Russian military had previously held about 70 percent of the city. According to him, it is likely that the city will be occupied by Russian troops in the next two weeks.