Zelenskyy requires local authorities to provide population with shelters
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to local authorities, reminding them that a sufficient number of shelters in their communities is their responsibility.
Source: Zelenskyy in his video address to fellow Ukrainians
Details: The President has expressed his condolences over the victims of the latest attack on Kyiv that involved Shahed drones
Amid these events, he urged people not to take the air-raid alarms lightly.
Quote: "And I want to be heard now by all representatives of local authorities who are responsible for specific hromadas, for a specific territory (hromada is an administrative unit that includes a town or village and adjacent settlements – ed.).
Shelters in cities should be accessible. People need to understand when and how the number and availability of shelters will increase.
This is the responsibility of specific officials, and a specific responsibility. "
Background:
On the night of 30 May, an air-raid alert was issued in Kyiv and a number of oblasts in Ukraine, air defence forces were in operation. The Russians attacked the country with the Shaheds, the Iranian-made drones.
As a result of the night attack in Kyiv, one person died, and four more were hospitalised; houses and cars in different parts of the city were damaged due to the falling debris.
Air defence destroyed 29 of the 31 Shahed drones launched by the Russian forces.
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