Missile debris crash in 5 Kyiv districts, injuring 20 people, causing power and water supply issues

Missile debris has crashed in the Pecherskyi, Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts of Kyiv. Preliminary reports indicate that missile debris hit a civilian infrastructure facility in the Podilskyi district, and there are interruptions in electricity and water supply in the city. Twenty people have been reported injured.

Source: Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA); Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram; Suspilne on Telegram

Quote from KCMA Head Serhii Popko: "[Missile] debris crashed on the roof of a multi-storey apartment building in the Pecherskyi district as a result of a [Russian] missile strike. Debris crashed on the grounds of a storage facility in the Obolonskyi district. [Debris also crashed] on open ground in the Holosiivskyi district. Emergency services have been deployed to these sites."

Details: A few minutes later, Popko also reported that more missile debris crashed on a residential building in the Pecherskyi district and that debris also fell in the Sviatoshynskyi district. The information is being confirmed.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that several infrastructure facilities in Kyiv have been hit.

Quote from Klitschko: "Early reports indicate that a civilian infrastructure facility in the Podilskyi district has been hit. [Emergency response] services have been deployed to the scene. A gas pipe has also been damaged in the Podilskyi district.

Some infrastructure facilities and residential buildings in the capital have lost power. The water system is experiencing pressure issues in several districts."

Details: Ukrainska Pravda sources are also reporting power supply issues.

Meanwhile, Suspilne reported that there are issues with the water supply in several Kyiv districts.

Update: Later, Klitschko reported that 16 people had been injured in one of the residential buildings in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, where a fire broke out as a result of a missile attack. He said that 15 of them were hospitalised, and one was treated on the spot. 

As of 08:30:

• Fires are burning in several places in the Podilskyi district.
• A social infrastructure building has been hit in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
• The roof of a high-rise building has been hit in the Pecherskyi district. There was an emergency call to one more address in the district.
• A warehouse is on fire in the Obolonskyi district.
• A fire broke out in a supermarket building in the Desnianskyi district.

All emergency services are operating at the scenes.

Update at 09:10: Klitschko said a warehouse is burning in the Podilskyi district. The fire covered an area of 2,000 square metres. Emergency services are working at the scene.

Popko reported that water supply lines have been damaged in the Podilskyi district, and at least six cars are on fire.

Update at 09:34: Klitschko reported that rescue workers freed 17 people from a building in the Solomianskyi district. Another 117 residents were evacuated from the building.

"So far, 20 people have been injured. 19 of them were taken to hospital by medics. There was a fire and heavy smoke in the building. All services are working at the scene," Klitschko wrote. 

Kyiv City Administration reported that heavy smoke had been observed in Kyiv’s Podilskyi district due to fires caused by the missile attack.

Residents are asked to close windows, limit their time outside, drink plenty of water and, if there is an air purifier, turn it on to the maximum.

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