Two people killed and eight injured, including four children, in Russian attack on Kyiv – photos
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has reported that two people have been killed and eight injured in a Russian attack on the city of Kyiv on the morning of 7 May, including four children.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES); Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Quote from the SES: "Rescue workers have been responding in the Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts."
Details: Debris struck a nine-storey building in the Sviatoshynskyi district. Apartments on the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth floors caught fire. A fire which spread over an area of 100 sq m was extinguished.
Quote from the SES: "Five people were rescued – one adult and four children (three children with burns have been hospitalised). Rescue operations are ongoing."
Details: Drone debris fell in an open area in the Solomianskyi district.
A drone crashed into a high-rise building in the Dniprovskyi district, causing partial destruction to the floor slabs on the 28th and 29th floors.
The State Emergency Service said no fire or casualties had been recorded.
Debris from a drone fell on a five-storey building in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Apartments on the second and fourth floors caught fire.
Quote: "The bodies of two people have been found during firefighting operations. The fire has been extinguished."
Updated: Later, Klitschko reported that the number of injured in the capital had risen to eight.
"Another woman has been hospitalised. Earlier, three children were hospitalised. This means that four injured people have now been taken to hospital. Four others received medical treatment at the scene. Two residents of the capital were killed as a result of the enemy attack," he concluded.
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