Large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast: two killed in Bila Tserkva – photos

Two people have been killed and a 14-year-old girl injured in a large-scale Russian combined attack on the Bila Tserkva hromada in Kyiv Oblast on the night of 24-25 November. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Volodymyr Vovkotrub, Secretary of Bila Tserkva City Council; Mykola Kalashnyk, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote from Vovkotrub: "Sadly, one person has been killed and several injured."

Updated: He later specified that as of 07:00, "two people are reported to have been killed" and eight injured, including a 14-year-old child.

Details: Vovkotrub said the Russians attacked the region with missiles and drones. Falling debris from downed aerial assets damaged high-rise residential buildings in Bila Tserkva.

Kalashnyk reported that a 14-year-old girl had been injured in the attack. Early reports indicated that she had suffered injuries to her back.

Updated: The State Emergency Service reported that the Russians had attacked the Brovary, Bila Tserkva and Vyshhorod districts overnight.

Four buildings were completely destroyed and a four-storey residential building was damaged in the city of Bila Tserkva. Rescue workers evacuated 46 people from the four-storey building and its basement, which residents were using as a shelter.

Updated: At 09:30 Kalyshnyk reported that the number of casualties in Kyiv Oblast had increased.

Three more people were injured in the Brovary district, in addition to the girl in Bila Tserkva who sustained a shrapnel injury to the lumbar spine, cuts to the body and multiple abrasions.

"A 63-year-old woman with a closed wound to the arm has been taken to a local hospital. Another woman, aged 69, has been taken to hospital with cut wounds to the shoulder, shin and abdomen. A 36-year-old man sustained shrapnel injuries to his face. All necessary medical assistance is being provided," the head of the oblast military administration said.

He added that multi-storey residential buildings and cars were damaged in the Bila Tserkva district.

In the Brovary district, fires broke out at warehouse premises and a production facility, with 25 houses and cars damaged.

In the Obukhiv district, two houses were damaged, and houses, outbuildings and a car were damaged in the Vyshhorod district.

It should be noted that neither Kalyshnyk nor the State Emergency Service report any fatalities in Kyiv Oblast.

Background: On the night of 24-25 November, Russian forces launched another large-scale combined attack on Ukraine, using various types of weapons. They used sea-launched cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and many drones.

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