Ukrainian PM: Vyshneve has suffered worst damage to residential areas since 2022

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has described the destruction in the city of Vyshneve in Kyiv Oblast following secondary detonations after the attack on the night of 5-6 July as the worst damage to residential areas since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Source: Svyrydenko on Facebook

Quote: "As a result of the Russian attack last night, Vyshneve in Kyiv Oblast has suffered the worst destruction to residential areas since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Thirteen hectares of residential area buildings have been damaged.

Given the scale of the destruction, the government will allocate money from the reserve fund to help the community, including for the rebuilding of housing damaged by the Russian strike."

Details: Svyrydenko said emergency response centres have been operating in the city since the night of the attack, where residents can receive urgent help and advice on applying for compensation.

A total of 500 members of State Emergency Service of Ukraine personnel and over 400 officers from the National Police are working at the scene.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier said the Cabinet of Ministers (Ukrainian government) will allocate money from the reserve fund to support the Vyshneve hromada, as the scale of the destruction exceeds its own capacity to respond. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Background:

• Three people were killed in Vyshneve following Russia's attack on the night of 5-6 July. Nearly 500 residents were evacuated because of the risk of secondary explosions, while 26 people are now known to have been injured across Kyiv Oblast.
• The State Emergency Service said that the most difficult situation in Kyiv Oblast remains in the city of Vyshneve. People were killed there as a result of the combined attack. It was reported that 14 people had been injured, including two State Emergency Service staff members.
• Russia launched a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine using attack drones as well as air-, land- and sea-launched missiles of various types on the night of 5-6 July. Ukrainian air defences downed 363 out of 419 aerial assets, while 29 ballistic missiles and 18 attack drones struck 34 locations.
• Zelenskyy said he expects the Security Service of Ukraine and the intelligence agencies to establish in detail what happened in Vyshneve, where a secondary detonation of explosive devices began after the Russian attack.

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