Russia's missile attack on Ukraine on February 7: the death toll in Kyiv rose to four, 19 injured
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Russia's missile attack on Ukraine on February 7: the death toll in Kyiv rose to four, 19 injured

Ihor Klymenko
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Rescuers unblocked the body of the fourth victim in a high-rise building in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv.

The death toll in Kyiv after Russia's massive attack rose to four

The body of the fourth person who died in a high-rise building in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv was unblocked from under the rubble. 19 were injured. 60 residents of the building were evacuated, — wrote the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko.

Doctors and psychologists of the State Emergency Service assist the injured.

Russian troops shelled Kyiv.

A nationwide air alert was declared at 5:54 a.m. Around 7:00 a.m., a series of explosions rang out in the capital. Vitaliy Klitschko, the capital's mayor, announced the work of the air defence forces.

As a result of a missile attack on Kyiv, debris was recorded in the Dniprovskyi district of the capital.

After the explosions, medics went to the Dnipro district of the capital, the mayor of the city, Vitalii Klychko, said. One victim was treated on the spot.

Our correspondents inform that the light has gone out in some of the houses of the Dniprovskyi district. According to Klitschko, due to the Russian attack, the missile fragments damaged two high-voltage lines. Some consumers on the left bank are currently without electricity.

One person was injured in Holosiivskyi district. Damage to the power grid was also recorded.

In addition, one victim was hospitalised by medics from a high-rise building in the Holosiivskyi district, where the fire occurred as a result of the Russian attack, Klitschko clarified.

Earlier, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reported that 52 people were evacuated from a multi-storey residential building in the Holosiivskyi district, where the fire broke out, and eight were saved. As a result of the fire at the service station, about 40 cars were burned or damaged. The fire has been extinguished.

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