Russian missile attack leaves 15 people wounded and fire in Kyiv
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Russian missile attack leaves 15 people wounded and fire in Kyiv

Vitaliy Klitschko
Kyiv

So far, 16 victims have been found in a high-rise building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district. A fire also broke out in the Podil district.

Consequences of Russian missile attack on Kyiv

According to the mayor of the capital, 16 people were injured in a high-rise building in the Solomyansky district, where a fire broke out after being hit by an enemy missile. Doctors hospitalised 15 of them.

In addition, a warehouse building in the Podil district is on fire. The fire is on an area of 2000 square metres. Emergency services are working at the scene.

A supermarket also burned down in the Desnianskyi district as a result of missile fire. In the Darnytskyi district, non-residential buildings were damaged.

In the Holosiivskyi district, missile fragments fell in a park. In the Pechersk district, debris fell on the roof of a 9-storey residential building, another high-rise building and a private house.

In the Obolonskyi district, a residential building is also on fire, and some of the debris fell on non-residential buildings and warehouses. In the Svyatoshynsky area, a social infrastructure building was damaged.

In the Shevchenkivsky district, the debris fell on the street.

The missile attack continues. The alarm has been continued since 5:53 am.

What is known about attack on Ukraine on January 2

On the night of 2 January, Russia launched several dozen attack drones and missiles over Ukraine.

An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv and a number of southern and central regions, and air defence forces were deployed. Later, explosions were heard in the capital.

In the centre of Kharkiv, a fire broke out in residential buildings. There are victims.

It is noted that on the night of 2 January, Russian occupation forces attacked Ukraine using 35 Shahid-136/131 unmanned aerial vehicles from Cape Chauda in Crimea and the Primorsko-Akhtarsky district of Russia.

All enemy attack UAVs were destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces.

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