Russian attack on Kyiv: 8 civilians killed, 15 more injured, people trapped under rubble
Pravda Ukraine
Eight people were killed and 15 more injured in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv on 8 July. There may be people under the rubble of the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital.
Source: Vitali Klitschko, the Mayor of Kyiv, on Telegram; Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration; Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on the air of the national joint 24/7 newscast
Details: At 11:28, Popko reported that three civilians were known to have been killed and nine injured, but three minutes later he added that the death toll had risen to five.
Klitschko added that the number of people who were injured in the attack has also increased. Eleven people have been reportedly injured, eight of whom have been taken to hospital.
Later, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that seven people had been killed in the Russian missile attack on Kyiv.
Quote from Klymenko: “At the moment, seven people are known to have been killed. Search and rescue operations are underway. And right here, at the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, as well. Two people have been killed at the Okhmatdyt location, and five have been killed in Solomianskyi district – a residential building and a shopping centre.”
Details: The minister further noted that one person was rescued from the rubble alive a few minutes ago. People are being searched for. Klymenko said 15 Kyiv residents were injured.
A few minutes later, Popko added that the death toll had reached eight.
Quote from Popko: “Early reports indicate that eight people have been killed. We are on the territory of the Okhmatdyt hospital. The rubble is being cleared. There is information that there are people, possibly children, trapped under the rubble.”
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, the wreckage was seen falling in the capital’s Solomianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Darnytskyi, Desnianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts.
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