Aftermath of first missile strike on Kyiv since June – photo report
Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs Rostyslav Smirnov said that eight people were killed and 24 were injured in the Shevchenkivskyi district as a result of the missile strikes.
Later, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that five people were killed and 32 injured.
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NV has compiled photographs of the aftermath of the strikes.
People hiding in the Kyiv subway
One of the Russian missiles fell near the monument to Mykhailo Hrushevsky on Volodymyrska Street. Another strike hit the so-called "Klychko Bridge" — a pedestrian glass bridge near the Volodymyrska Hill park.
Other structures impacted in central Kyiv include the Khanenko Museum, the Taras Shevchenko National Museum, the National Philharmonic orchestra building, and a children's playground.
A crater from a Russian missile at the playground in Shevchenko Park
A blast wave also damaged the windows of the Central Railway Station, the building of the Shevchenko University, the business center 101 Tower, and a consular visa building belonging to the German Embassy. German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen had to evacuate to a bomb shelter.
Consequences of the Russian missile attack near Shevchenko University
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko said that due to the strikes in Kyiv and the region, emergency power outage schedules were being implemented. Later, the DTEK energy company warned that electricity in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast will be cut off for about two hours.
Kyiv residents sing in the subway during air raid alert
1. The moment of the explosion on the "Klychko Bridge".
2. Smoke over Kyiv after the Russian missile strike.
3. A woman and a man who suffered from the Russian missile attack.
4. Paramedics provide assistance to a woman injured by Russian missile shelling.
5. A burning car near Shevchenko University.
6. Burning cars near Shevchenko University.
7. Burning car in the center of Kyiv.
8. Rescuers extinguish cars that caught fire as a result of a Russian missile strike in the center of Kyiv.
9. A car that burned down as a result of a Russian missile strike in the center of Kyiv.
10. A business center damaged by a Russian missile strike.
11. Road next to a business center damaged by a Russian missile strike.
12. An administrative building in Kyiv damaged by a Russian missile strike.
13. A civilian warehouse damaged by a Russian missile strike.
14. A man who suffered from a Russian missile strike speaks on the phone.
15. A man who suffered from a Russian missile strike in the center of Kyiv is surrounded by passers-by.
16. A crater from a Russian missile in Shevchenko Park near the play-ground.
17. A fragment of the Russian missile that hit Kyiv.
18. Firefighters extinguish an infrastructure facility on fire in Kyiv damaged by a Russian missile attack.
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