Kyiv, Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 46, according to city officials. Rescue operations were continuing as emergency crews searched damaged residential buildings and worked to free trapped residents.
Casualties and rescue operations
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that rescue crews were pulling residents from buildings shattered by the overnight barrage. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration, said the death toll in the capital had risen to nine, with 46 people wounded throughout the city.
Tkachenko said the casualty figures were not final as rescue operations continued.
Damage to residential buildings
Emergency services said at least 15 residential buildings had been damaged or destroyed in the attack, including a nine-storey block in the historic Podilskyi district.
They said rescuers used a ladder truck to reach people trapped on the upper floors of that building, which had been largely destroyed from the fifth level.
Rescuers were also searching for residents in a 21-storey residential block in the district. Tkachenko said four residential buildings had been struck in the Podilskyi district alone.
Attack follows earlier deadly strike
The attack came days after 31 people were killed in a Russian strike on the capital in the early hours of Thursday, the deadliest attack on Kyiv this year.
Darnytskyi district impact
Klitschko said two people had died in the eastern Darnytskyi district, where fragments struck a 25-storey apartment building and rescue teams were working to free residents trapped on upper floors.
He also said a fire had broken out in a 30-storey building in Darnytskyi, where residents were being evacuated.
