Illustrative photo: the consequences of the missile strike on Kyiv have been named (State Emergency Service) Author: Vladimir Kostyrin
In Kyiv, due to a Russian missile attack on the morning of April 6, fires were recorded in several areas. There are already known casualties in the capital.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.
According to the mayor, fires were recorded in the Darnitsky, Solomensky and Obolonsky districts of the city.
“There are casualties in the Darnitsky district. Medics and other services are on site,” Klitschko reported.
He also once again called on residents and visitors of the capital not to leave their shelters until the air attack has ceased.
He later added that in the Darnitsky district, doctors hospitalized two victims.
Before this, the mayor reported that medics were being called to the Darnitsky district, as well as to the Obolonsky district of the capital, in the wake of a Russian attack using ballistics.
“Preliminary debris fell in two places in the Obolonsky district of the capital. Non-residential areas. Emergency services are being sent to the sites,” the mayor wrote in his Telegram at about half past five in the morning.
Combined enemy attack
Let us recall that on the night of April 6, Russian troops launched attack drones towards Ukraine, and an alarm was declared in a number of regions. Explosions and air defense operations were reported due to the UAV attack in a number of regions.
For example, explosions were heard in Nikolaev against the backdrop of a drone attack the evening before – the city was under attack by enemy drones, and the attack caused a fire in two residential buildings, damage was recorded in the private sector, three women were injured. The State Emergency Service showed a video and photos of the consequences of the Russian drone attack on Nikolaev.
Later, already at night, Russian occupiers launched cruise missiles at Ukraine. Air raid sirens were declared throughout the country. There were reports of explosions in a number of regions, as well as in Kyiv, where air defense was operating, as in the Kyiv region.
And at about five o'clock an air alert was declared again in a number of regions of Ukraine – this time due to the threat of ballistics.
At the same time, several powerful explosions were heard in Kyiv due to a missile attack. Air defense was in operation in the capital.
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