Sixteen killed and 28 injured in large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast – photos
Sixteen people have been killed and 28 injured in a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast on the night of 4-5 August using ballistic missiles and drones.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration; Kyiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office
Quote from Tkachenko: "The highest number of casualties was recorded in the Brovary district, where nine people were killed. The enemy killed another four civilians in the Bucha district. One more person was killed in the Fastiv district."
Details: Tkachenko said 12 people had been injured in the Brovary district, three in the Fastiv district and another seven in the Bucha district.
The State Emergency Service confirmed that 14 people had been killed and another 22 injured as a result of the Russian strikes on Kyiv Oblast.
Update: At 10:20, Kyiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported that the death toll from the Russian attack had risen to 16, and another 28 people had been injured.
The highest number of fatalities was recorded in the Brovary district. Eight people were killed and three others injured at the railway station in the village of Kvitneve. According to the prosecutor's office, people had been waiting for commuter trains to get home after work. Houses were also damaged.
Two people were killed and eight others injured in a missile strike on business warehouses in the village of Peremoha. One person was injured and large fires broke out following a strike on a warehouse in Brovary.
Five people were killed and 13 others were injured in missile strikes on warehouse complexes in the Bucha district.
One person was killed and three others were injured in a missile strike on a logistics centre in the Fastiv district.
Background:
- Russian forces conducted a large-scale attack on Kyiv Oblast on the night of 4-5 August using ballistic missiles and attack drones.
- Eight people were killed at the Kvitneva railway station during a Russian missile attack on the Brovary district in Kyiv Oblast.
- An employee of Epicentr, a chain of home improvement superstores, was killed and three were injured during a large-scale Russian attack on the night of 4-5 August. A logistics hub operated by the company in the city of Kyiv was destroyed by fire, while warehouses and production facilities in Kalynivka in Kyiv Oblast were devastated.
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