A powerful explosion took place in the Solomiansky district of Kyiv at 8:50 p.m. According to Anton Gerashchenko, Advisor to Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, it happened near the South Station.
Soon, Kyiv City State Administration confirmed officially that Russian terrorists had launched an airstrike near the South Railway Station, where thousands of Ukrainian women and children are being evacuated from.
"The missile hit near the Ibis hotel. The station building withstood and suffered minor damage. Information about the victims is being clarified. The train traffic continues," the statement said.
Gerashchenko added that the strike broke the heating main. That threatened to leave the houses of Kyiv without heat.
Updated. Kyivteploenerho promises to restore the damage without turning off the water and heat. Police said the man was injured by shrapnel during shell bombing.
National Police of Ukraine
As a result of the explosion near the Kyiv Central Railway Station, was damaged the heating main.
Also, the man was injured. Currently, law authorities are working on the place.
Preliminary identified that the enemy missile damaged the heating main, the police station building, and nearby shops.
A man with a shrapnel injury to the leg was hospitalized.
Procedural actions are underway, the consequences of the explosion are being documented.
Specialists of relevant services work on the place and proceed with restoration work.
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Bastards want to freeze Kyiv!
The rocket hit a large heating main near the railway station.
Part of Kyiv may be left without heat.
Power engineers are already eliminating the implications of the explosion.
Everything will be fine!
Recall that yesterday the Russian troops struck on the capital TV tower. As a result of the attack, five people died, and five others were injured.