Russian attack on Kyiv: number injured rises to seven, six-storey building partially destroyed and medical facility damaged

A Russian UAV struck a six-storey residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district during attacks on the capital on 2 September, causing part of the building to collapse. A medical facility and an educational institution have also been damaged in the city.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Kyiv City Military Administration

Update: Klitschko said the number of those injured has risen to seven. Five of them were taken to hospital.

The mayor said first responders are continuing to work at the sites of the strikes in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

He added that several windows at one of the medical facilities damaged in the attack have been shattered. As of now, there were no reports of casualties.

Details: A Russian UAV struck a six-storey residential block in the Shevchenkivskyi district. According to Klitschko, the strike partially destroyed the building.

Quote from Klitschko: "Part of a six-storey residential building has collapsed in the Shevchenkivskyi district after being hit by a UAV.

A fire has also broken out in a three-storey building nearby. Fire and rescue crews are at the scene."

Details: Kyiv City Military Administration reported that a fire had broken out on the premises of an educational institution in the Holosiivskyi district, while a medical facility had been damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

A fire broke out in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district after debris from a drone landed there. Kyiv City Military Administration later said the fire was on the premises of an educational facility.

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