Russian repeat strike hits same building in Kyiv, medic killed while helping civilians

A residential building has been hit a second time during a large-scale Russian attack on the city of Kyiv, resulting in the death of a medic and injuries to other medical personnel who arrived to provide treatment.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko on Telegram

Quote: "A repeat strike occurred in the Darnytskyi district where a drone struck a residential building. One medic has been killed and other medical personnel injured. All of them came to provide treatment to residents."

Updated at 04:02. Klitschko added that one medic had been killed and four injured while helping people in the Darnytskyi district.

Background:

• On the evening of 8 January, explosions were heard in Kyiv. Russia launched drone attacks on the capital. A drone hit the roof of a residential building in the Desnianskyi district.
• The attack caused civilian casualties, fires in a residential building and damage on the premises of a shopping centre. Three people were killed.
• On the evening of 8 January, explosions were heard in Lviv after an air-raid warning was issued. It later emerged that a critical infrastructure facility in Lviv Oblast had been hit.
• Colonel Yurii Ihnat, Head of the Communications Department of Ukraine's Air Force Command, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda said that Russia may have launched a strike on Lviv Oblast from the Kapustin Yar testing range in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, where, according to early reports, the Oreshnik missile system is based.
• Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said it is currently unknown whether Russia used an Oreshnik missile in the attack on Lviv Oblast.

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