Russia Targets Kyiv in Aerial Attack

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that rocket fragments fell in multiple districts of the city, hitting residential buildings and causing several fires.
Klitschko said at least 10 people were injured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Wednesday that his country needs military aid to help defend itself from Russian missile attacks.
"Kharkiv needs an adequate number of air defense systems, Sumy region needs it, Chernihiv region and all our regions suffering from Russian terror need it," Zelenskyy said. "Our partners have these defense systems. And our partners need to understand that air defenses must protect lives."
Earlier Wednesday, Zelenskyy hosted White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan for talks in Kyiv.
Sullivan sought to reassure Ukrainians that the United States continues to support Ukraine and that despite a delay in Congress, billions in aid will get to the country.
"We will get a strong bipartisan vote in Congress," Sullivan said during a press conference, calling it Plan A.
"We will get that money to you as we should, so I don't think we need to speak about Plan B today." He also acknowledged that the process had "taken too long."
Sullivan met with Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff. They talked about what Ukraine needs on the battlefield and two upcoming summits: the NATO summit in July in Washington and a peace summit in Switzerland that is not yet scheduled but may happen this spring. Yermak said that China, an ally of Russia, could attend, but Ukraine will not invite Russia.
Climate of fear
In a new report, the United Nations’ human rights office said Russia has created a climate of fear in areas of Ukraine it is occupying.
Based on more than 2,300 interviews with victims and witnesses, the report said Moscow’s forces had imposed use of the Russian language and basic Russian governance, while suppressing expressions of Ukrainian culture and identity, reports VOA.
“The actions of the Russian Federation have ruptured the social fabric of communities and left individuals isolated, with profound and long-lasting consequences for Ukrainian society as a whole,” said Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights.
The report said, “The occupying authorities shut down Ukrainian internet and mobile networks, TV and radio channels, with traffic re-routed through Russian networks, which allowed control over information accessible online and prevented the population from freely receiving information from independent news sources, families or friends. People were encouraged to inform on one another, leaving them afraid even of their own friends and neighbors.”