Death toll from latest large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv reaches 19: bodies of mother and son retrieved from rubble
The death toll from the large-scale Russian attack on the night of 5-6 July has risen to 19.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Quote: "The death toll from the Russian strike on Kyiv on the night of 5-6 July has risen to 19: rescue workers recovered one more body from under the rubble in the Darnytskyi district."
Details: Rescue workers later reported that 58 people had been injured, including seven children.
In the Darnytskyi district, search and rescue operations at the site of a strike on a residential building have been completed: 11 people were killed there.
The mayor reported that overnight, rescue workers pulled the bodies of a 12-year-old boy and his mother from under the rubble. In the Podilskyi district, eight people were killed. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Background:
- 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.
- Hits by 29 ballistic missiles and 18 UAVs were recorded at 34 locations.
- A difficult situation has developed in the city of Vyshneve in Kyiv Oblast.
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