Kyiv attacked with ballistic missiles before air raid alert: there are dead and wounded, apartment building hit (updated). VIDEO&PHOTOS
Loud explosions were heard in Kyiv on the evening of October 13, before a red-level air raid alert was announced.
Censor.NET reports.
Details
At 10:40 p.m., the Air Force reported a ballistic missile heading toward Kyiv, followed by a series of explosions. At 10:41 p.m., another ballistic missile launch was reported.
An air raid alert over the missile threat was issued a few seconds after the first explosions.
A red danger level was declared in the city, and the Kyiv City Military Administration urged residents to immediately move to the nearest shelters.
Update
- Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a nine-story building in Desnianskyi district was hit during the ballistic missile attack. A fire has broken out. Emergency services are heading to the scene.
- Also in the Desnianskyi District, a warehouse is on fire as a result of an enemy attack.
- In the Darnytskyi District, debris has fallen onto the stadium grounds. The grass is on fire.
- Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi reported that, as of now, one person is known to have died and four others were injured in the 9-story building. The evacuation of people is ongoing.
Update
At 11:56 p.m., Klitschko reported that the body of one victim had been found in the 9-story building that was struck. Preliminary reports indicate there are 6 injured.
"Residents are being evacuated from the upper floors of the building. There are fires in apartments on the first through eighth floors," the statement said.
Emergency services are on the scene.
Update
All emergency services are working at the building in the Desnianskyi district that was hit by a rocket," Klitschko wrote at 12:17 a.m. on his Telegram channel, and he commented on the situation in a video. The number of casualties in Kyiv has risen to 9.
Update
There are already 13 victims at the building in the Desnianskyi District. Medical personnel have hospitalized 10 of the injured. Four victims are in critical condition. One person has died, Klitschko wrote.
Update
There are currently 17 victims in the Desnianskyi District. Thirteen of the wounded are being treated at city hospitals. The search-and-rescue operation at the building struck by an enemy missile is ongoing, Klitschko said.
Update
There were 21 casualties in the Desnianskyi District. Among them was an 8-year-old child. Medical personnel hospitalized 16 of the injured. Four of the victims are in critical condition.
One person was killed, Klitschko reported.
Update
The body of another victim was found in a damaged building in the Desnianskyi District, Klitschko said.
The situation with US intelligence sharing
- On October 10, US outlet Axios reported that Donald Trump’s representatives, Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner, may have threatened to stop sharing intelligence over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. Witkoff, however, denied reports of such threats.
- On the evening of October 12, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Explosions were heard before the air raid alert was announced. The missiles hit civilian infrastructure.
- On October 13, Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine had received no intelligence from its partners about the launches during the previous day’s attack on Kyiv with five ballistic missiles.
- Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine continues to receive US intelligence.
