Death toll from Russian strike on Kyiv rises to 15

Fifteen people, including a child, have been killed in a Russian combined attack on the city of Kyiv on the night of 30-31 July, and 145 people have been injured.

Source: Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, on Telegram; State Emergency Service on Facebook; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Ministry of Internal Affairs

Quote from Tkachenko: "As of now, emergency services have confirmed six fatalities. Four of them were in the Sviatoshynskyi district and two in the Solomianskyi district. A six-year-old boy was among those killed."

Details: Tkachenko added that the search and rescue operation is ongoing.

Updated: After 11:00, Tkachenko reported that seven people had been killed in the Russian nighttime attack on Kyiv.

It has also been reported earlier that rescue workers had recovered a man from the rubble. He has sustained injuries, but he is alive. 

Updated: Tkachenko stated at around 12:00 that the number of injured in Kyiv had reached eight.

"In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a Russian missile demolished a house, and the body of a man was retrieved from the debris near the entrance. Six people have already lost their lives as a result of the attack on this building, and eight people have been killed in Kyiv overall," he reported.

The State Emergency Service reported that as of 12:40, 64 people had been injured in this attack, of whom 10 are children.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

At 13:05, Tkachenko reported that 124 people had been injured in the Russian attack.

Update: At 14:40, the city mayor reported that the number of injured had risen to 135, including 12 children.

Currently, 30 wounded people remain in hospitals, five of them children. Another 97 people have been treated on an outpatient basis.

At 15:39, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the death toll from the Russian attack in the capital had risen to nine.

At 16:57, the State Emergency Service stated that the death toll in Kyiv had risen to 11, including one child. "Emergency workers continue working at the scenes of the strikes. Search and rescue operations are ongoing," the service stated.

At 18:18, the State Emergency Service reported that the death toll in the capital had risen to 12. Immediately afterwards, Tkachenko wrote that there were already 13 fatalities.

An hour later, it was reported that emergency workers had retrieved the body of a man from under the rubble. This brought the death toll to 14.

At 19:45, the death toll had risen to 15, with 145 people injured, including 14 children.

Background:

• On the night of 30-31 July, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles. As of 07:00, two people are known to have been killed and 52 injured.
• Several streets in the capital were closed to traffic after the attack.
• The Russian missile and drone attack caused damage at 27 locations in four districts of Kyiv. Two people were killed and another 52 injured, including nine children, as well  as three police officers who were responding to a call.

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