Number of people injured in Russia’s 24 May attack on Kyiv rises to 87 – photos, video
Two people have been killed and 87 injured, including three children, in a large-scale Russian strike on the city of Kyiv on 24 May.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote: "The number of people injured in Kyiv following the large-scale attack has risen to 87, including three children. Two people have been killed."
Details: The bodies of two women were recovered from under the rubble of a destroyed section of a five-storey residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district.
Overall, the strikes damaged civilian and administrative infrastructure at 49 locations across the capital.
Emergency crews are continuing their work to deal with the aftermath of the attack.
Background:
- On the night of 23-24 May, Russian forces carried out a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine using 90 missiles and 600 drones of various types, including an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile.
- Two people were known to have been killed and 81 injured in Kyiv.
- In Kyiv, damage was reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, a theatre, a philharmonic hall, two museums, a library, a university, a church, a monastery and architectural landmarks. The building at 9a Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv, where flats belonging to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sanctioned businessman Tymur Mindich are located, was also damaged.
- Across Ukraine, four people were killed and around 100 injured, with approximately 30 residential buildings damaged or destroyed in Kyiv alone.
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