Two injured and fires recorded in Kyiv after Russian strikes – photos
Russian missile strikes on the night of 7-8 July caused fires in several districts in Kyiv. Two people have been injured.
Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Details: Tkachenko initially reported that one person had been injured in the Russian attack on the capital.
Klitschko later said that the number of people injured had risen to two. One of them was hospitalised by paramedics.
The Kyiv mayor earlier reported that a missile strike had caused a fire at warehouse buildings in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district. A fire also broke out in a non-residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
The State Emergency Service noted that fires had broken out in an office building and warehouse facilities in the Sviatoshynskyi district. A garage cooperative caught fire at another location, but firefighters have since extinguished the blaze. The attack also damaged another office building and trams.
Firefighters are continuing efforts to extinguish a warehouse fire in the Desnianskyi district.
Fires at other locations have now been contained. Rescue teams and other emergency services remain at the scene. Information on possible casualties is being confirmed.
Background: Residents of Kyiv heard explosions on the night of 7-8 July, after which an air-raid warning was issued.
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