Eight injured in Kyiv in Russian attack, person might be trapped under rubble

Eight people have been injured in a Russian attack on the city of Kyiv and a fire has broken out in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote: "As of now, four people have sought medical treatment following the enemy attack on the capital. Three of them have been taken to hospital. One person was treated on an outpatient basis."

Details: A fire has broken out in the Holosiivskyi district. Early reports indicated that a car service station is on fire.

In addition, debris fell on a dacha cooperative in the Obolonskyi district. [A dacha is a seasonal secondary residence, usually with a little plot of land, where people grow vegetables, fruit trees and berries or keep a garden - ed.]

Debris also fell in an open area in the Desnianskyi district.

Emergency services are working at the scenes.

Updated: It was later reported that eight people had been injured.

Klitschko said that there is a fire on the second floor in the Dniprovskyi district, where a drone struck an 18-storey building. A person may be trapped under the rubble on the fourth floor.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

Background: Russian forces attacked Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast on the night of 26-27 December, injuring one man and damaging buildings.

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