Russian nighttime attack on Kyiv: 9 injured – photos

Nine people have been injured in a Russian strike on the city of Kyiv during the night of 22-23 October.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko; State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration

Quote from Klitschko: "Seven people were injured in the enemy attack on the capital last night. Five of them have been taken to hospital and two are receiving outpatient treatment."

Updated: Later, Tkachenko reported that as of 11:00, nine people had been reported as injured in the Russian attack.

Details: Klitschko reported that fires had broken out in three residential buildings in the Podilskyi district and several cars had been burning in nearby courtyards. Drone debris also fell near a synagogue. In addition, blast waves damaged windows in several residential buildings, a school and a kindergarten.

The blast wave from a downed UAV shattered windows in one of the residential buildings in the Obolonskyi district.

The State Emergency Service added that a Russian UAV had hit the 20th floor of a 24-storey apartment building in the Desnianskyi district without detonating.

A drone struck an unfinished building at another location.

Background: The capital was attacked by drones and explosions were heard across the city late in the evening of 22 October. Damage was recorded at five locations, including a kindergarten.

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