Two injured and fires recorded in Kyiv after Russian strikes – photos

- 8 July, 01:39
Fire at the scene. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russian missile strikes on the night of 7-8 July caused fires in several districts of 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.

A firefighter
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Klitschko later said that the number of people injured had risen to two. One of them was hospitalised by paramedics.

Klitschko reported earlier that a missile strike had set warehouse buildings on fire in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district. A fire also broke out in a non-residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district.

A firefighter
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

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.

A fire appliance
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

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, while information on possible casualties is being confirmed.

A fire being extinguished
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

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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