Night attack on Kyiv: Rescuers recover another victim's body
Photo: rescuers recovered the body of another victim (t.me/dsns_telegram)
Russian forces launched one of the most massive combined attacks on Kyiv overnight, killing more than 10 people in the capital, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES).
As of 7:50 p.m., rescue workers recovered the body of one victim from under the rubble of a nine-story residential building on Vaclav Havel Boulevard in the Solomianskyi district.
"Operations are ongoing. In total, 14 people have been confirmed dead and 117 injured across Kyiv," the SES reported.
As of 18:40, 13 people were known to have died.
Russia's night attack on Kyiv on June 17
On the night of June 17, Russian troops attacked Ukraine using about 500 attack drones and dozens of missiles.
In the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, a Kh-101 missile strike caused the collapse of an entire section of a nine-story apartment building, and a fire broke out in a five-story building.
The Darnytskyi, Podilskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi districts were also damaged. In total, 27 locations in different parts of the capital were affected.
It should be noted that, according to the UN mission, the night attack on Kyiv may be the deadliest attack in the last year.
For more details about the consequences of the Russian attack in different districts of Kyiv, read the material by RBC-Ukraine.
