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Kyiv attacked by missiles, several casualties reported

Kyiv attacked by missiles, several casualties reported Medics have hospitalized two of the injured (Illustrative photo: Getty Images)

On the night of October 25, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with missiles. The strikes caused injuries, and the number of casualties has been gradually rising, according to the Telegram channels of Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko and Kyiv City Military Administration Head Timur Tkachenko.

According to the mayor, medical teams were dispatched to the Dniprovskyi, Desnianskyi, and Darnytskyi districts following the attack.

As of 04:37 Kyiv time, Klitschko reported that one person had been injured in the Dniprovskyi district. The number of injured subsequently increased, first to four and then to six, with at least two of them hospitalized.

Updated at 05:27

“There are currently eight injured people in the capital. Three of them have been hospitalized,” Klitschko reported.

Attacks on Kyiv

On the night of October 25, an air raid alert was declared in Kyiv due to the threat of ballistic missiles. This was followed by a series of very loud explosions in the capital.

Damage has been recorded in several districts of the city, including fires in buildings and vehicles. Windows were damaged in at least one residential building.

For more details on the initial consequences of the enemy attack, see the article by RBC-Ukraine.