Kyiv residents killed in Russian missile strike may have died because of closed shelter at polyclinic
Residents say there is only one shelter in the area and this time it was closed – and not for the first time.
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Since the beginning of almost nightly attacks on Kyiv, beginning in early May, residents have been writing letters and complaints to utility workers. Two days ago, they submitted an appeal to the Kyiv City State Administration about this “permanent problem.”
Witnesses said that a security guard who works at the polyclinic happened to be drunk at the workplace and did not open the shelter. Last night, people knocked on the door for 15-20 minutes, but he was drunk again.
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“People ran to the shelter, which was closed. They tried to open it,” the correspondent said.
“One of the men ran to find another entrance, open windows. And at that moment, probably, a fragment (from a shot down missile) fell.”
Two women, a mother and a neighbor, covered the child with themselves. The child survived, while her mother was killed, and the neighbor too.
City authorities reported three deaths in the Desnianskyi district, including one child. Kyiv police reported at least 11 injured.
The Desnianska district administration head, Dmytro Ratnikov, said that the security guard had opened the central entrance and some people managed to enter the shelter, while some were outside it, citing the polyclinic’s head.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the relevant municipal security department was investigating the incident.
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At the same time, police have initiated criminal proceedings.
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