Kyiv hit: National Aviation University dormitory damaged in Russian attack
Illustrative photo: National Aviation University dormitory damaged in Kyiv during Russian attack (GettyImages)
During a Russian shelling of Kyiv overnight and in the morning, the Russian army struck a dormitory of the National Aviation University, according to Ksenia Semenova, rector of the National Aviation University.
"It hit the elevator shaft, with no casualties. Windows were blown out in the dormitory," Semenova said.
She also noted that a building of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine was damaged today. However, as of 09:20, this information had not been officially confirmed.
Earlier, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, reported that in the Solomianskyi district Russian forces cynically struck a dormitory of one of the higher education institutions at the level of the ninth floor.
Shelling of Kyiv on December 27
As reported by RBC-Ukraine, on the night of December 27 Russian troops carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine, using various types of weapons. Kyiv region was among the targets.
As a result of the shelling, one person was injured — a resident of the Ivano-Frankivsk region. At the time of the attack, he was driving a truck and sustained shrapnel wounds to the back.
In Vyshhorod, the blast wave shattered windows in a multi-story residential building. In the Boryspil district, damage was recorded to industrial facilities and two vehicles. In the Bucha district, a fire broke out at a construction site. In the Obukhiv district, a building of a municipal enterprise in one of the territorial communities was damaged.
It should be recalled that the same night Russian forces attacked Kyiv with missiles of various types and strike drones. Powerful explosions were repeatedly heard in the capital.
According to RBC-Ukraine journalists, power outages were observed in some areas of Kyiv.
In addition, toward morning Russian troops once again launched strike drones toward the capital from different directions, with several series of explosions heard in the city.
