During the night and in the morning, Russia has been attacking the Ukrainian capital with various types of weapons. The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said that in a number of districts of the capital, fragments of Russian attack drones fell on residential buildings.
As of 8:30 a.m., two victims have been reported - a family of volunteers. Five dead cats were also found in the apartment, according to the Kyiv Rescue Team.
According to updated reports, six people were injured in the drone attack.
The seventh wounded was injured during the first attack, a ballistic attack.
Rescuers worked in Svyatoshynskyy, Solomyanskyy, Shevchenkivskyy, Holosiyivskyy and Dniprovskyy districts.
‘Two people were killed in a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyy district of the capital. The UAV debris hit the upper floors of a five-storey residential building,’ the mayor said.
A woman and three children were hospitalised. Four were treated on the spot.
Also, after 6:00, air defence systems were operating in the city again. Russia continues the attack.
Consequences as of 6:17 a.m., according to the State Emergency Service:
- Svyatoshynskyy district: shrapnel hit a 9-storey residential building. Apartments on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th floors caught fire. The fire was extinguished over an area of 100 square metres. Five people were rescued - 1 adult and 4 children (3 children were hospitalised with burns). Rescue operations are ongoing.
- Solomyanskyy district: the wreckage of a UAV fell on an open area.
- Dniprovskyy district: a UAV crashed into a multi-storey residential building. Partial destruction of the ceiling on the 29th and 30th floors. No fire and no casualties.
- Shevchenkivskyy district: a UAV fragment fell on a 5-storey residential building. Apartments on the 3rd and 5th floors caught fire. The bodies of 2 people were found during the firefighting. The fire was extinguished.
‘In total, two people have been confirmed dead and 6 injured, including 4 children. Information about two more victims is being checked,’ the Kyiv City Military Administration said.
Later, the KCSA clarified that the roof of a business centre in the Holosiyivskyy district was damaged.
Earlier in the night, Kyiv suffered a ballistic attack and a fire broke out in the Solomyanskyy district of the city. The first alarm started at around 00:58. After that, air defence explosions were heard in the city - the enemy attacked with ballistic missiles. After the alert was cancelled at 1:37 a.m., a new alert was announced at 4 a.m. It lasted until 5:13, and at 6:21 a new alarm was announced, the third one. The alarm was dismissed at 7:34.
According to the KCSA, in total, the enemy attacked the capital and suburbs with 1 ballistic target and 28 drones.