United Nations (UN) deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq noted on Friday at a briefing that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is positive that the recent attack in Kiev was not connected to his visit to the city, but reiterated that these events underline the need to end the conflict.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed its aerospace forces have destroyed a rocket plant in Kiev using "high-precision long-range air-based weapons." The statement followed Ukraine's reports of the attack that injured at least 10 people during Guterres' visit.
UN Secretary-General visited Kiev on Thursday to discuss the conflict with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, considering the evacuation of people from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Following today's developments, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov stated that 38 military objects were destroyed in Ukraine on Friday.