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Kyiv casualties rise above 10, elderly woman dies in shelter

Kyiv casualties rise above 10, elderly woman dies in shelter An elderly woman died in a shelter during a massive attack (Photo: Getty Images)

In Kyiv, during a drone airstrike, an elderly woman died in one of the shelters. Additionally, there was a fatality due to a fall in one of the high-rise buildings, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko.

The mayor noted that the incident occurred in the Darnytskyi district of the capital.

Klitschko also reported that, as a result of the enemy attack on Kyiv, 11 people have already been injured.

Five of them were hospitalized, while the others received medical assistance on site.

Updated 05:21

Klitschko reported that in the Sviatoshynskyi district, one person was killed by a Shahed drone strike, and 11 others were injured.

Drone attack on Kyiv

On the night of September 7, Russia carried out a massive attack on Ukraine using Shahed kamikaze drones.

The drone strikes targeted Kyiv, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kamianske, and Odesa.

In Kyiv, the drones partially destroyed several floors of a multi-story residential building. Fires broke out in two districts, cars were damaged, and there were casualties.

Earlier, 8 people were reported injured in Kyiv due to the attack.

For more details about the nighttime enemy attack on the capital, read the article by RBC-Ukraine.