Kyiv wakes to devastation after deadly overnight Russian strike: Damage, casualties and rescue efforts
State Emergency Service rescuers are already working at the impact sites (photo: facebook.com/DSNSKyiv)
Destruction, fires, and falling debris were reported in two districts of Kyiv following the overnight attack on July 6. People are trapped inside a residential building.
RBC-Ukraine reports on all the consequences of the Russian attack on the city.
Key points:
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A residential building in Kyiv's Podilskyi district has been partially destroyed
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People are trapped on the 7th to 9th floors
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Reports indicate 46 people have been injured
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At least 9 people have been killed
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Public transport in the city is operating with route changes
What is known
A residential building in Kyiv's Podilskyi district was partially destroyed, leaving people trapped between the 7th and 9th floors. At another location in the same district, debris fell onto the grounds of a garage cooperative.
In the Holosiivskyi district, fires broke out in a non-residential area and inside a warehouse, while debris also fell in an open area.
Information about casualties was being clarified as emergency services were dispatched to multiple locations across the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko later reported that debris had struck another residential building in the Podilskyi district. In the Darnytskyi district, debris hit a non-residential building.
Authorities also confirmed another incident in the Podilskyi district, where a non-residential building was damaged and caught fire. Several vehicles were also burning at the scene.
Klitschko later reported the first casualties from the attack on the capital. Three people were injured, and one woman was hospitalized.
The Kyiv City Military Administration also reported damage to the 16th floor of a 25-story residential building.
The number of injured later rose to five, according to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko.
Klitschko added that falling debris sparked a fire in an apartment building in the Darnytskyi district, while debris also fell onto the grounds of a residential complex in the Podilskyi district.
The number of injured later increased to 24, Mayor Klitschko said. Fourteen people were hospitalized, including two children aged 7 and 8.
Darnytskyi district
Debris struck the fourth floor of a 25-story residential building. Rescuers evacuated 22 people from the building, while others remained trapped on the upper floors as rescue operations continued. Two people were found dead at the scene.
A separate fire also broke out on the 23rd and 24th floors of a 30-story apartment building in the district. Residents were being evacuated.
Podilskyi and Obolonskyi districts
In the Podilskyi district, debris hit a 21-story residential building, causing partial destruction between the third and fourth floors.
In the Obolonskyi district, a warehouse caught fire, while debris also struck a non-residential area.
Following the overnight attack, public transport in Kyiv was operating with temporary route changes.
Trolleybus routes No. 12 and No. 45 were running only as far as TRED-1 without stopping at Vasylkivska metro station. Bus route No. 35 was diverted via Petra Hryhorenka Avenue and Anna Akhmatova Street.
The changes were introduced due to road closures and emergency response operations following the attack.
Authorities later confirmed that the death toll in the capital had risen to nine.
During the night of July 6, Ukraine's Air Force warned that ballistic missiles were heading toward Kyiv, and explosions were heard across the city shortly afterward.
Russia also launched Kalibr cruise missiles and missiles from strategic aviation during the overnight attack.
