Russian nighttime attack on Kyiv: nine injured, one killed – photos

One person has been killed and nine injured, including a 15-year-old girl, in a Russian attack on the capital on the night of 20-21 July.

Source: National Police of Ukraine; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from the police: "A man was killed in the Solomianskyi district. Five people aged between 36 and 55 suffered shrapnel wounds in the Darnytskyi district. Among them is a 15-year-old girl. An elderly woman has been hospitalised in the Shevchenkivskyi district."

Details: Residential buildings, a kindergarten, a supermarket, kiosks, garages, cars, warehouse premises and the ground-level part of a metro station were damaged.

Destruction and falling debris were recorded in the Holosiivskyi, Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Obolonskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the capital.

The blast wave also affected a police patrol car on its way to a call.

Update: At 09:29, Klitschko reported that one person had been killed and seven injured, including a 15-year-old girl.

Quote from Klitschko: "Five people were taken to hospital, while two others received medical treatment on the spot."

Update: Later, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko reported that the number of people injured in the overnight Russian attack on Kyiv had risen to eight.

Later still, Tkachenko reported that nine people had been injured. He said one woman was taken to hospital after seeking medical treatment.

The State Emergency Service said that psychologists are currently working at one of the scenes. In total, psychologists have already provided support to 60 people.

Emergency workers continue to deal with the aftermath of the Russian strike.

Background: 

• Air-raid warnings were issued in all oblasts three times overnight due to the take-off of MiG-31K jets. They carry Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles.
• On the evening of 20 July, an air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv and several oblasts due to a Russian drone attack. Air defence systems were responding to Russian targets.
• On the night of 20-21 July, Russia conducted a large-scale strike on Ukraine using drones and cruise and ballistic missiles, causing fires in four of Kyiv's districts. Early reports indicated that one person had been killed and two injured.
• Kyiv's Lukianivska metro station is temporarily closed to passengers due to damage to the ground-level part of the station caused by a Russian strike.
• Traffic was blocked on several streets in the Darnytskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the capital after the  nighttime missile and drone attack.

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