Russia continues daily attacks on Kyiv: drone hits residential building, injuring three – photos
Correction: Earlier, the Kyiv City Military Administration had reported that one person had been killed. They later stated that this information has not been confirmed
Russian forces attacked Kyiv again on the evening of 3 September, hitting a nine-storey building and causing a fire. People have been injured in the attack.
Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Kyiv City Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote: "In the Holosiivskyi district, a fire broke out from the third to the eighth floors as a result of a strike on a nine-storey residential building."
Details: The mayor added that 15 people were evacuated from the building. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that one person was killed.
Later, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that the information regarding the person killed had not been confirmed.
Update: Klitschko later added that falling debris was recorded on open ground in the Solomianskyi district, as well as falling debris and a fire on the territory of a non-residential building.
Debris also fell on the territory of a park in the Solomianskyi district.
In total, as of the evening, nine people have been injured in the Russian attacks on the capital. Six of those were taken to hospital.
Update at 20:55: The State Emergency Service has reported that three people were injured in the nine-storey building and 25 were successfully evacuated. The fire has been contained.
Background: Over the course of the day on 3 September, six people were injured in drone attacks across various districts of Kyiv, including in the Darnytskyi district, where debris fell on a road, injuring a child.
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