One person killed and 22 injured in Russian attack on Kyiv, including four children – photos

One person has been killed and 22 injured, including four children, in a Russian missile attack on the city of Kyiv on the night of 21-22 October.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; State Emergency Service

Details: Klitschko initially reported that 15 people had been injured, including two 15-year-olds. He said that eight of the injured were being treated in hospital.

Update: The State Emergency Service of Ukraine later reported that one person had been killed and 22 injured, including four children. Russian ballistic missile strikes caused fires and destruction in six districts of the capital.

Quote from the State Emergency Service: "The Dniprovskyi district. One person has been killed and a child has been taken to hospital. Buildings and cars have been damaged and residential and non-residential buildings are on fire. Five people have been injured."

Details: Eight people were also injured in the Pecherskyi district, including three children. The Russians damaged buildings, ambulances and a monastery.

Another six people were injured when a non-residential building was struck in the Holosiivskyi district, and two people were injured in the Obolonskyi district, where the Russian attack damaged non-residential buildings and caused fires. Firefighters extinguished the fires.

A non-residential building and a restaurant complex in the Sviatoshynskyi district caught fire. Firefighters put out the fire, which covered an area of 1,100 sq m.

The Russians damaged transport infrastructure facilities in the Darnytskyi district. No one was injured.

Background: The Russians attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the night of 21-22 October. An ambulance station was damaged in the Pecherskyi district, while metro infrastructure on the Pivdennyi Bridge was also damaged, leading to some traffic restrictions.

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