Russian missile attack on Kyiv

Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Two people died as a result of the attack. Sources are reporting different data regarding the number of injured: 1tv, formula, and radiotavisupleba report 8 injured, while imedinews, rustavi2, and interpressnews write about 6 injured. 1TV+6

According to the statement of the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, a private house was partially destroyed in the Dniprovskyi district, and there may be people in the rubble. In the Podilskyi district, debris fell on a parking lot located near a maternity hospital, which resulted in cars catching fire. radiotavisupleba notes that one of the deceased was in this very parking lot, and in the Podilskyi district, the buildings of a maternity hospital and a diagnostic center were damaged. 1TV+3

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the incident "ballistic terror" and stated that the strike was carried out at a time when he was in New York discussing the issue of tightening sanctions with congressmen. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, they struck enterprises of Ukraine's military-industrial complex, logistics centers, and other objects in Kyiv and the Odesa region. Imedi+1