Two Ballistic Strikes on Kyiv Kill a Woman, Injure 15

Two Russian ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv since the evening of Monday, October 26, have killed one person and injured 15 others, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the city police.

Klitschko said that one person had died and 14 residents were hurt in the attacks, with nine of the wounded taken to hospital by medics. Police specified that the victim was a 46-year-old woman, killed in the Desnianskyi district. Rescuers later raised the number of injured to 15.

What was damaged

Police said the enemy strikes damaged multi-storey and private residential buildings, medical facilities, a metro station, a university dormitory, a business centre, an administrative building, trams and cars.

The first ballistic strike on the capital came on the evening of October 26 and hit the Desnianskyi district. After 3:00 a.m. on October 27, Russia fired more than ten further ballistic missiles at Kyiv; the Pivdennyi (South) Bridge was damaged in that second attack.

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