Two bodies found under rubble following Russian strike on Kyiv apartment block
Two people have been killed and others injured in a Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district on 21 October. Rescue workers discovered the bodies of the victims whilst clearing the rubble.
Source: Kyiv City Military Administration; Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK; State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; National Police of Ukraine
Details: According to the State Emergency Service, the morning attack caused a fire in an apartment on the 19th floor of a high-rise building. The fire spread across around 70 sq m, and the apartment's structure was partially destroyed.
Rescue workers found two bodies while clearing the rubble.
Kyiv City Military Administration initially reported that one person had been killed and one person injured. The administration later reported another fatality.
Update: Klitschko confirmed that two people had been killed in the attack.
Quote from Klitschko: "Two people were killed in the Sviatoshynskyi district as a result of the enemy attack this morning. Two other people were injured and taken to hospital."
Details: The National Police reported that a 46-year-old man had sustained injuries whilst walking past the building during the attack. Police officers provided him with first aid, then he was taken to hospital.
DTEK reported emergency power cuts in Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district due to the Russian attack. Power engineers are working to restore the electricity supply.
Rolling power outage schedules remain in effect in other districts of the capital.
Background:
- Russian drones attacked Kyiv from the evening of 20 October and into the morning of 21 October.
- At around 07:00, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a Russian drone had hit a 24-storey residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district at the level of the 19th floor. A fire broke out.
- Parked cars caught fire in the Desnianskyi district after a drone crashed onto them. A drone strike on a transport infrastructure facility in the Solomianskyi district caused a fire and another drone was reported to have crashed in an open area.
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