Consequences of combined strike on Kyiv: 15 dead, including 6-year-old boy (updated). VIDEO+PHOTOS
On the night of 31 July, the enemy attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones. The Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts suffered the most.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
"Kyiv. A missile strike. Directly into a residential building. There are people under the rubble. All services are in place. Russian terrorists," the president said in a statement.
As of 6:30 a.m. Kyiv time, 1 person was killed and more than 20 wounded, Klymenko said. Among the injured are three policemen who were responding to a call. Two wounded people were rescued from the rubble.
"One of the strikes hit a residential block of flats: the entire entrance was destroyed. I am at the site of search and rescue operations. The State Emergency Service and police are involved.
Rescuers are dismantling the rubble, climbers and engineering equipment are working. The police are guarding the perimeter and assisting in the rescue operations. Documentation teams are already on site. We are collecting evidence of another war crime committed by the Russian Federation.
I ask residents to be understanding of the restrictions imposed in the affected area. This is a matter of safety and effective work of all services," Klymenko said.
Updates
The number of victims in Kyiv has risen to 43, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported at 6:54 a.m.
He noted that 26 of them were hospitalized in medical facilities in the capital.
"In total, we currently have the consequences of a Russian combined attack on more than 27 locations in Kyiv. The Solomyanskyi district has been severely affected, as well as the Sviatoshynskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts," said Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.
As a result of the Russian attack, there are currently 52 victims in the capital, with nearly 30 in hospitals. Among them are 9 children.
"Two Kyiv residents were killed as a result of a targeted strike by Russian terrorists. This is also likely not the final number," Tkachenko emphasized.
The number of fatalities in Kyiv has risen, Tkachenko later reported.
"Currently, the services have confirmed six deaths. Four of them are in the Svyatoshinsky district, two in the Solomansky district. Among the dead is a six-year-old boy," wrote the head of the KCMA.
At 11:02 a.m., Tkachenko reported that the death toll had risen to 7.
"82 victims so far. 44 in hospitals. A 6-year-old boy died in an ambulance; they couldn't save him. At least 10 children were wounded, 5 of whom are in hospitals. The Russians did this. A 5-month-old girl was wounded — the Russians targeted her. The data is not final," Tkachenko added.
As a result of the Russian strike, more than 100 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged: residential buildings, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities, and a university.
The State Emergency Service told reporters that 57 pieces of equipment and about 300 rescuers were involved.
According to rescue workers, about 20 people are missing.
In the Sviatoshinskyi district, a dead body was pulled from the rubble of a building entrance destroyed by a Russian missile.
"As a result of the strike on this building, there are already six fatalities, and a total of eight in Kyiv," Tkachenko said.
As of 3:30 PM, nine people have died as a result of the Russian attack, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
As of 4:39 PM, 11 people have been killed, including one child, and 93 injured, among them 11 children. Rescuers remain at the strike sites, and emergency search operations are ongoing, the Interior Ministry reported.
More than 1,200 police officers and rescuers have been involved in clearing the aftermath of the shelling in Kyiv. Search and rescue operations are ongoing near the destroyed high-rise buildings.
As of 6:25 PM, the death toll has risen to 13.
Later, rescuers recovered the body of a man from the rubble.
Thus, the death toll from the Russian strike on Kyiv has risen to 14, including one child. Another 132 people were injured, among them 14 children.
As of 8:00 PM, the death toll has risen to 15, Tkachenko reported.
