Russian attack causes fires in Kyiv, three injured

Fires broke out in Kyiv during a Russian missile attack on the morning of 6 April, and ambulances were called out to several districts of the capital.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko; Tymur Tkachenko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration

Details: Klitschko reported that ambulances had been called out to the Darnytskyi and Obolonskyi districts of Kyiv. 

Tkachenko confirmed fires in the same districts.

Quote from Tkachenko: "As a result of the enemy attack, fires have been recorded in the Darnytskyi and Obolonskyi districts. Emergency workers are heading to the scenes of the strikes." 

Update: Klitschko later said that fires had been reported in the Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi and Obolonskyi districts of the city.

He added that people had been injured in the Darnytskyi district.

Quote from Klitschko: "In the Darnytskyi district, two people who were injured have been taken to hospital." 

Details: Later, Klitschko reported that the missile attack on Kyiv caused fires in non-residential buildings in the Obolonskyi, Darnytskyi and Solomianskyi districts.

Three people were injured in the Darnytskyi district. Additionally, eight cars were damaged.

Klitschko also stated that in the Obolonskyi district, where a fire broke out in an office centre due to the Russian attack, the building was partially destroyed.

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