Russian drones hit warehouses and garages in Kyiv: one killed and 21 injured in one day – photos
Russian forces have attacked the city of Kyiv with drones again, with strikes recorded at warehouses in the Desnianskyi district and a garage cooperative in the Sviatoshynskyi district. One person has been killed and 21 injured over the course of the day.
Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Quote from Klitschko: "A drone has hit a warehouse building in the Desnianskyi district. It has struck the grounds of a garage cooperative in the Sviatoshynskyi district. Emergency services are heading to the scene."
Details: The State Emergency Service said Russian forces had been attacking Kyiv since early morning, leaving 12 people injured so far that day.
It added that firefighters had already extinguished fires that broke out earlier in the Holosiivskyi, Desnianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts.
Update: Klitschko later said that 18 people had been injured during the day, with 12 taken to hospital. One person was killed.
The number of people injured later rose to 21.
Background:
- Klitschko earlier reported a strike on an energy facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district. The metro temporarily suspended operations, but train services quickly resumed.
- He wrote in the morning that one person had been killed and seven injured when a drone crashed near a petrol station in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district.
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