Fires reported in two Kyiv districts after Russian attack, nine-storey residential building damaged – photos
Fires have broken out in two districts of Kyiv and a residential building has been damaged as a result of a combined Russian attack.
Source: Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Details: Tkachenko reported that a fire had broken out on the grounds of a private property in the Holosiivskyi district.
This information is being confirmed.
A two-storey house caught fire in the Pecherskyi district. Information about casualties is being confirmed.
Russian forces damaged a nine-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district.
Update at 06:39: Klitschko reported that the blast wave damaged windows and doors in a ground-floor apartment of a nine-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district as a result of falling debris.
There was no fire and no casualties.
Falling debris also caused garages to catch fire in the Holosiivskyi district. The fire has been contained.
A fire in a house in the Pecherskyi district was extinguished.
Update: Later, the State Emergency Service posted photos showing the aftermath of the Russian attack.
"All fires have been extinguished. No information about casualties has been received," the service added.
Background:
- Air-raid warnings were issued in Kyiv and several Ukrainian oblasts on the night of 25-26 February due to the threat of Russian drones and ballistic missiles. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.
- The Russians used a drone to damage a five-storey residential building in the city of Kryvyi Rih, injuring one person.
- The Russians also attacked Zaporizhzhia, damaging a house, a high-rise residential building and two shopping centres.
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