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Kyiv under ballistic missile attack: one fatality reported; warehouses hit; debris fell in courtyard of residential complex (updated)
On Thursday evening, 29 October, an air raid alert was declared in Kyiv due to the threat of a ballistic missile attack. Loud explosions were heard in the capital.
Censor.NET reports this.
What is known?
At 10:40 p.m., the Air Force warned of the threat of a ballistic missile attack from the north.
At 10:41 p.m., ballistic missiles were reported heading towards Kyiv from the Chernihiv region; at 10:42 p.m., two ballistic missiles were reported heading towards Kyiv along the same route. Explosions were heard in the capital.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote: "Explosions in the capital. The city is under ballistic missile attack. Stay in shelters!"
According to monitoring channels, a total of six to eight ballistic missiles were launched at the capital.
Updates
- Klitschko later reported that warehouse buildings had been hit in the Darnytskyi area. A fire has broken out. Emergency services are heading to the scene.
- In the Dniprovskyi district of the capital, debris was reported to have fallen in the courtyard of a residential building, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration.
- In the Dniprovskyi district, rocket debris is burning in the courtyard of one of the residential complexes. At another location, the blast wave shattered windows in a residential building, Klitschko added.
- At yet another location in the Dniprovskyi district, windows in a residential building and cars in the courtyard were damaged.
- One person is reported to have been killed as a result of the enemy attack.
