Six people missing in Kyiv after Russia's overnight attack; family with child being searched for under rubble

Search and rescue operations are continuing at the sites of Russia's strikes on Kyiv, with six people currently listed as missing. Medics and ambulance drivers are among the injured.

Source: Ukraine's Interior Ministry on Telegram; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram

Quote: "There is information about at least six more people who are missing."

Details: The ministry noted that 17 people had previously been rescued at one of the strike sites, including seven who were pulled from beneath the rubble.

Rescue workers are periodically observing moments of silence to listen for signs of life from people who may be trapped under the rubble. They are also using specialised equipment, including specialised acoustic life detectors capable of detecting even a heartbeat.

Update: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko added that rescue workers are searching under the rubble of a residential building in the Darnytskyi district, including for a 15-year-old teenager and her family.

"At an ambulance substation, the building of which was also damaged, nine ambulances were affected. Six employees of the station – medics and drivers – were injured. Emergency services continue to work at the sites," Klitschko noted.

Background:

• Earlier, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that 13 people had been killed and 86 injured in Russia's attack on Kyiv on the night of 1-2 July.
• On 1 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia was preparing another large-scale strike on Ukraine.
• It later emerged that Russian forces had launched drone attacks on Kyiv, followed by missiles.
• In Kyiv Oblast, damage was reported in five districts, with seven people injured.

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