Russian forces launch combined strike on Kyiv: 27 injured, including two children (updated). PHOTOS
During the night of July 31, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine’s capital with strike drones, followed at dawn by cruise missiles.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Timur Tkachenko, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
"The enemy is hitting civilian infrastructure with attack drones. Solomianskyi district has suffered the most.
It was recorded there:
- fire in a high-rise building;
- fire near a residential building;
- fire in an educational institution;
- warehouses and several non-residential premises at different addresses are on fire;
- parts of a UAV fell at two locations - near a house and on a car," Tkachenko said.
8 people were injured in a drone attack, including two children.
Klitschko said that two of the injured in the Solomianskyi district were hospitalised.
At dawn, the Russians launched a cruise missile attack. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, the shock wave smashed the windows in the children's department of a medical institution. There were no casualties.
A residential building in the Svyatoshinsky district was also damaged. Emergency services are on their way, Klitschko said.
Later, the enemy struck with ballistic missiles. In Kyiv, a house and a car caught fire in Holosiivskyi district as a result of a Russian missile strike, Tkachenko said.
Residential buildings were reportedly hit in Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, windows of an apartment building were damaged and cars burned.
Update
In the Sviatoshynskyi district, the entrance of a residential building was destroyed. Emergency services are working on site. Fires have also broken out in several non-residential buildings.
In the Solomianskyi district, apartments in several buildings were damaged. Cars caught fire. Fires and damage occurred at several non-residential locations as well.
In the Holosiivskyi district, some buildings were damaged, including a school and a kindergarten.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, the blast wave shattered windows in the children’s ward of a medical facility.
Currently, 20 city residents are reported injured. Eight have been hospitalized, according to Klitschko.
Others received aid on site. Ambulance crews continue working at emergency calls.
Later, Tkachenko reported that preliminary data show 27 injured in Kyiv.
