Missile debris damages residential building in Kyiv: 6 people injured, including child – photos, video
A high-rise apartment block in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district has been damaged by falling missile debris. A fire broke out, and six people, including a child, experienced an acute stress reaction.
Source: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Quote: "As a result of a missile attack, debris landed in the Obolonskyi district of Kyiv.
Early reports say a residential building has been damaged.
Information on the extent of the damage and possible casualties is being established. Units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are heading to the site of the incident."
Details: Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, added that debris had fallen on a residential building in the capital’s Obolonskyi district. A blaze broke out on the eighth and ninth floors of the building.
At 19:59 Klitschko added that so far no people injured in the damaged residential building had asked for help. Medics are on duty at the scene.
At 20:28 Klitschko reported that two injured women from the damaged residential building in the Obolonskyi district were being treated on site. They are experiencing an acute stress reaction.
He further added that the balconies on two floors of the 14-storey residential building have been partially destroyed. A balcony on another floor is in danger of collapsing. The blaze has been contained. Firefighters continue to check the apartments.
At 20:50 Klitschko reported that 10 residents had been evacuated from the building.
Five injured people requested medical attention. All of them are women experiencing an acute stress reaction. One elderly woman was hospitalised, and the others are being treated at the scene.
Klitschko stated at 23:03 that six casualties – four women, an 11-year-old girl, and one man – had been found in the building by the capital’s medics. One elderly woman was hospitalised, while the others were treated on the spot. All of them suffered an acute stress reaction.
Background: On the evening of 30 June, an air raid warning was issued in Kyiv and in Ukraine's north. There were reports of missile launches, and the air defence systems in Kyiv Oblast were activated.
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