Russian missile hits nine-storey residential building in Kyiv: 9 killed, 46 injured – photos

A Russian missile struck a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv's Podilskyi district on the night of 5-6 July, causing a partial collapse. Nine people have been killed and 46 injured across the Ukrainian capital.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote: "A residential building in the Podilskyi district has been partially destroyed. People are trapped on the sixth to eighth floors."

Details: Debris struck a 21-storey residential building at another location, causing partial destruction between the second and third floors. Debris also fell on the grounds of a garage cooperative.

Fires broke out in a five-storey residential building, a non-residential area, a warehouse and an open area in the Holosiivskyi district.

Update: Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, later reported damage and fires in the Darnytskyi district.

"High-rise residential buildings at three separate locations in the Darnytskyi district have been damaged in the attack," Tkachenko said.

Fires broke out in residential buildings at four separate locations in the Podilskyi district following the Russian attack.

Update at 07:20: The city authorities said nine people had been killed and 46 injured in the attack on the capital. Fourteen of them have been taken to hospital, including five children aged seven and eight.

Klitschko reported in the morning that debris had struck a 25-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district at the level of the third floor. Twenty-two people were rescued from the building. Two bodies were also found there.

A fire broke out on the 22nd and 23rd floors of a 30-storey residential building at another address. Residents are currently being evacuated.

A warehouse caught fire and a strike was recorded on the grounds of a non-residential area in the Obolonskyi district.

Background: Russian forces launched a large-scale ballistic missile attack on Kyiv on the night of 5-6 July.

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