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Medical facilities, houses damaged, over 50 injured in Russian shelling of Kyiv

As of 7:58 a.m., 53 people have been reported injured. 

Medical facilities, houses damaged, over 50 injured in Russian shelling of Kyiv
Photo: kyivcity.gov.ua

On the night of 13 December, Russia attacked Kyiv once again. As of 7:35 a.m., 53 people have been reported injured, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. According to preliminary information, four apartment blocks and four private residential buildings, as well as public buildings, were damaged as a result of the fall of debris in the Holosiyivskyy, Darnytskyy, Desnyanskyy and Dniprovskyy districts of Kyiv.

20 people, including two children, were hospitalised. 33 people were treated on the spot.

According to preliminary information, a missile fell on the territory of a hospital in Dniprovskyy district during the night attack on the capital. Windows in several buildings of the hospital were smashed. One person was injured. Police have arrived at the site and are inspecting the crater on the territory of the hospital.

The facade of a high-rise building was also damaged, Interior Minister Klymenko said on Telegram. It was here that the largest number of people were injured - more than 50 (as of 5.36 a.m., 45 people were reported injured).

"The kindergarten building was also damaged. The facade of the building was damaged, windows were smashed. There was a security guard inside. His life is currently not in danger," Klymenko said.

A private house in Dniprovskyy district also burned down, as a result of missile debris falling on the roadway, damaging the water supply network.

An apartment block was damaged in Darnytskyy district of the capital. Rescuers evacuated 15 residents, including four children and two people with disabilities. Cars in the yard of the building were also on fire. There was also a fire in a private house in the same area.

At two other addresses in the Desnyanskyy district, debris was found falling in an open area. 

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