Russian attack on Kyiv: 7 killed and 20 injured – photos

The death toll from the Russian combined strike on the city of Kyiv has risen to seven. Twenty people have been injured.

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

Quote from Klitschko: "The death toll has risen to seven. A man's body was recovered from under the rubble in the Dniprovskyi district."

Details: According to the mayor, another 20 people have been injured in the capital in the Russian attack. Seven of them are currently in hospital, including one child.

Tkachenko said that as of 10:00, 14 people were reported to have been injured, including a 7-year-old boy. Eight people have been taken to hospital.

"According to confirmed medical reports, six people have been killed in the enemy attack on Kyiv," he said.

Medics also reported that nine more residents of the capital, including a child, had been injured. Three adults have been hospitalised.

After 09:00, the State Emergency Service confirmed that six people had been killed in the city. They also reported that 13 people, including a child, had been injured, and 18 residents had been rescued.

"Four bodies were found and three people were injured in the Sviatoshynskyi district following a strike near a four-storey warehouse building. The fire has been extinguished," the State Emergency Service specified.

The dismantling of structures in high-rise residential buildings and a garage cooperative is ongoing in the Pecherskyi and Dniprovskyi districts.

Earlier, the State Emergency Service reported that a strike had hit a 22-storey residential building in the Pecherskskyi district, where the third to seventh floors had been destroyed. The fire has been extinguished and work to clear the debris is ongoing. Rescue workers have saved one person with limited mobility.

A nine-storey building was hit in the Dniprovskyi district. Two people have been killed and five injured. Seventeen people have been rescued, including three children. Fires broke out on the fourth to seventh floors, but they have now been extinguished. Work to clear the structures and search for people possibly affected continues.

A non-residential building was hit in the Darnytskyi district. Emergency services are heading to the scene.

Firefighting efforts are also ongoing at a garage cooperative.

The attack has caused Entuziastiv Street in the Dniprovskyi district to be closed to traffic in both directions.

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.
• At around 01:00, a series of powerful explosions was heard in Kyiv. Earlier, Ukraine's Air Force had warned of ballistic missile launches from Russian territory towards the capital and an attack by drones.
• Klitschko said that some districts of the capital were experiencing disruptions to electricity and water supplies.
• Strikes on high-rise residential buildings were recorded in both the Pecherskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of Kyiv, with damage and fire reported at the scene. One person was killed and seven injured.
• After 07:00, the Russians launched more missiles on Kyiv. Explosions were heard in the city.

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