Number of injured in Kyiv rises to 12, another child hurt

The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of 10-11 July has risen to 12, including two children.

Source: Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv

Details: Klitschko reported that those injured include two children aged 10 and 11.

It was reported earlier that an 11-year-old boy was injured. It has now emerged that another child was hurt.

Background:

• Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the night of 10-11 July. A series of powerful explosions was heard in the city of Kyiv overnight before an air-raid warning was issued.
• The strikes damaged facilities in the Sviatoshynskyi, Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi and Dniprovskyi districts.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that on the night of 10-11 July, when explosions were heard before an air-raid warning was issued, Russia struck civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

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