Residential building hit in Kyiv, entire section destroyed in Russian attack – video
Pravda Ukraine
A residential building in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district has been hit in a Russian missile strike, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Source: Vitali Klitschko on Telegram
Quote from Klitschko: “A residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district has been hit. Sections have been damaged. One has been destroyed. The residents are being evacuated.”
Зруйнований під’їзд житлового будинку у Шевченківському районі Києва. Відео з Telegram нардепа Олексія Гончаренка pic.twitter.com/TJS28XoyaA
— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) July 8, 2024
Details: According to the State Emergency Service, a fire covering over 1,500 sq. m has been extinguished in the Shevchenkivskyi district. The State Emergency Service reports that five people were killed and four were injured in this area. According to reports, the injured people were sent to medical facilities for further treatment.
Background:
- On the morning of 8 July, Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia had scrambled Tu-95 bombers from the Olenya airfield.
- Later, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that the Russians had launched missiles and guided aerial bombs on Ukraine, causing an air-raid warning to be issued across the country. Explosions rocked Kyiv and a number of other cities.
- Following the missile strike on Kyiv, wreckage was seen falling in the capital’s Solomianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Darnytskyi, Desnianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts.
- Eight people were killed and 15 injured in the Russian missile strike on Kyiv, and there may be people under the rubble of the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital.
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