The number of people killed as a result of the Russian army’s ballistic missile attack on Kyiv has reached two, APA reports, citing Unian.
After the attack, a strong fire broke out in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. Helicopters were deployed to extinguish the fire.
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10:23
One person was killed as a result of a ballistic missile attack by the Russian army on Kyiv, APA reports, citing the Kyiv City State Administration.
According to the report, the number of injured has reached 10.
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08:58
Russia launched an attack on Kyiv overnight on Oct. 25, once again targeting Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles, APA reports, citing KYIV INDEPENDENT.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv just before 4 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground.
Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, reported that multiple fire had broken out at "several locations on the left bank of the city."
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that firefighters have been deployed to the Darnytskyi and Desnianskyi districts of the city.
Klitschko added that at least eight people were injured in city amid the strike, with at least three of the victims requiring hospitalization.
Large fires have been reported at "non-residential buildings" in the Desnianskyi and Darnytskyi regions of the city, while in the Dniprovskyi district, the strike damaged windows, vehicles, and left a crater in the yard of a residential building, local officials said.
A kindergarten was also damaged in the Dniprovskyi district
Moments before the explosions, Ukraine's Air Force warned of Russian ballistic missiles en route towards the capital.
Air raid alerts were activated in all regions of the country amid the threat of additional incoming ballistic missiles.
No information was immediately available as to what was struck or the extent of the damage caused. No casualties have been reported as of 4:15 a.m. local time.
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