According to local officials, Russia has attacked the eastern district of Ukraine's capital city Kyiv with a missile strike, killing three people right off the bat.
The latest night-time Russian missile attack reportedly injured several civilians in Kyiv.
Russia Strikes Kyiv Again
According to The Guardian, city officials report that Russia has launched a wave of strikes in Ukraine's capital city Kviv yet again. The military administration of the city posted about the latest attack in a post on the messaging app Telegram. It disclosed that falling debris hit a medical clinic and residential structures in the Desnyan district of Kyiv.
The capital city mayor Vitaliy Klitschko says that the falling debris from the missile attack also fell on the Dnipro district of Kyiv. The debris fell to the Desnianskyi district after the city's air defenses shot down the missiles, the military administration of Kyiv reports.
Photos of the incident quickly circulated online, showing a devastating scene wherein debris from residential buildings had been lying on the streets of Ukraine's capital city.
Ukraine Says Russia's Missile Attack Kill 2 Kids
As per a report by Aljazeera, Ukraine has reported that two children were killed in a recent missile attack on Kyiv, the capital city. In total, Reuters reports that there were three fatalities from the strike. The attack, believed to be carried out by Russia, marks another violent escalation in the ongoing conflict between the two nations. The strike occurred during the night, causing widespread panic and devastation.
According to reports from city officials and confirmed by the Ukrainian government, the attack resulted in the death of three people, including two innocent children. The victims' identities have not been disclosed at this time. Besides taking the lives of three civilians, the recent missile strike also injured several individuals in Ukraine's capital city.
City authorities in Kyiv have condemned the attack and expressed deep anguish over the loss of civilian lives, particularly the tragic deaths of young children.
Ukrainian member of parliament Inna Sovsun slammed the recent missile attack, particularly the death of two children. She pointed to Twitter that the kids "went to bed last night, and now they are dead."
Sovsun notes in her tweet that the "air raid alert is off now, but I cannot sleep. Holding my son's hand, making sure he sleeps well."
The city mayor, Klistschko, declared that the Russian missile strike injured more than a dozen individuals, or 14 people, to be precise. At least nine have been taken to the hospital for further medical care.