Death toll from Russian attack on Kyiv on 2 July rises to 31
A total of 31 people were killed and 102 were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on 2 July.
Source: State Emergency Service
Details: Rescue workers have completed rescue and recovery operations at the site of a Russian strike on a 16-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district.
Quote: "Today, during the work on the 11th-12th floors, about 42 cubic metres of construction debris were cleared. With the help of an XCMG QY75K crane, deployed from the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Rivne Oblast, 24 fragments of reinforced concrete slabs with a total weight of about 53 tonnes were removed from these floors.
The remains of bodies discovered during the work have been handed over to National Police officers for forensic examination."
Details: A total of 30 rescue workers and eight pieces of equipment from the Kyiv State Emergency Service were involved in dealing with the aftermath.
Overall, as of 4 July, 31 people have been killed and 102 injured as a result of the Russian attack on 2 July.
Background:
- On the night of 1-2 July, Russian forces carried out a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine using attack UAVs, air-, land- and sea-launched missiles of various types. Air defence downed 524 out of 570 aerial targets launched; however, 25 ballistic missiles and 12 attack drones hit their targets.
- Following a Russian strike on a petrol station in Kyiv's Obolon district on the night of 1-2 July, more than 350 tonnes of petroleum products and emulsion leaked into Lake Kyrylivske.