On the night of Saturday on Sunday, Russian forces carried out 1 of the heaviest rocket shellings of the Ukrainian capital since the start of the war. In about forty minutes towards Kiev, nearly forty ballistic missiles flew, which damaged residential buildings in respective districts of the city. Ukrainian services reported fatalities and injuries.
Forty rockets in forty minutes.
The attack began at night and according to Ukrainian media it lasted about forty minutes. In specified a short time, nearly forty ballistic missiles, including Iskander missiles, fell on the capital. The Ukrainian side estimated that this was the largest number of ballistic missiles utilized against Kiev from the first days of full-scale war.
The impact scale even amazed residents accustomed to night alarms. alternatively of individual missiles and drones that can be partially knocked down, the air defence faced a dense wave of rockets coming almost simultaneously from different directions.
Damages in respective districts
The effects of the fire were seen in at least respective areas of Kiev. Fire and harm were reported, among others, in the districts of Dniprowska, Desniańska, Sołomiańska, Szewchenkowska and Swiatoszynska. Hits reached residential buildings and dormitory, as well as commercial and administrative facilities. In respective places, parked cars burned, and gusts broke windows.
The Łukjaniewska Metro station was besides damaged, where a partial collapse of a section of the hall was reported. The metro in the Ukrainian capital plays a dual role: it is simply a means of transport, but besides the most utilized shelter, to which residents descend during night attacks.
Victims' balance and reactions
The first balances of the victims differed, and the data in the first hours after the attack were verified by the service. Paramedics confirmed fatalities and respective wounded, among whom were residents of hit buildings. Firefighting and search operations in the rubble were conducted long after the morning arrived.
Mer Kiev Vitali Kłyczko confirmed direct hits in housing and urban infrastructure. Massive fire again showed that Russian strikes increasingly contact not the front lines, but the civilian backdrop of the large city. For Kiev, this means another night erstwhile the magnitude of the losses was determined by the effectiveness of the air defence and the case, on whose side of the street the rocket fell.
Source: Interia Events
