Russian strike on Kyiv kills two and injures 21, including child
Two people have been found dead in a residential building in the city of Kyiv hit by Russian forces. The number of people injured has risen to 21, including a child.
Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote from Klitschko: "Twenty-one people have been injured in the Desnianskyi district, including an eight-year-old child. Medics have taken 16 of the injured to hospital. Four people are in a serious condition.
One person has been killed."
Details: Klitschko later reported that a second body had been found in the damaged building in the Desnianskyi district.
He earlier said that residents were being evacuated from the upper floors of the building because of a fire.
Emergency services are working at the scene.
The State Emergency Service later confirmed that someone had been killed and posted photographs from the scene.
Background:
- Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles on the evening of 13 October. No air-raid warning was issued in advance and a residential building was hit.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said that Ukraine had received no warning from its partners about the attack.
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