Russia attacks Kyiv with fires, injuries, and ongoing strikes reported

Russia has launched a monolithic onslaught connected Kyiv, causing fires and scattering debris crossed the city

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia unleashed a monolithic combined onslaught connected Kyiv aboriginal Friday, sparking fires and scattering debris crossed galore districts of the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At slightest 11 radical were injured arsenic exigency crews responded to aggregate strikes, helium said successful a statement.

Five radical were hospitalized, including 1 antheral successful captious information and a large woman, aft a bid of almighty explosions sounded successful the metropolis and airs defenses were activated.

The onslaught connected the superior was ongoing, officials said, urging residents to stay successful shelters until the aerial raid alert is lifted. City authorities warned that powerfulness and h2o outages are possible.

In the Darnytskyi district, debris landed successful the gait of a residential gathering and connected the grounds of an acquisition facility. A car caught occurrence aft being deed by falling fragments.

In the Dniprovskyi district, debris damaged 3 flat buildings, a backstage household and caused a occurrence successful an unfastened area.

In the Podilskyi district, 5 residential buildings and a nonresidential operation were damaged.

In the Shevchenkivskyi district, falling debris sparked a occurrence successful an unfastened country adjacent a aesculapian installation and wrong a nonresidential building.

In the Holosiivskyi district, debris ignited a occurrence astatine a aesculapian installation and damaged different nonresidential building.

In the Desnianskyi district, fires were recorded successful 2 residential buildings.

In the Solomianskyi district, a occurrence broke retired connected the extortion of a residential building.

In the Sviatoshynskyi district, debris caused a occurrence successful a backstage home.

In the Kyiv region, Russian strikes damaged captious infrastructure and backstage homes, injuring astatine slightest 1 civilian, determination caput Mykola Kalashnyk said. A 55-year-old antheral successful Bila Tserkva suffered thermal burns and was hospitalized, helium said. Fires broke retired successful backstage houses successful the capital's suburbs.

The onslaught came arsenic European Union officials warned this week that Ukraine indispensable proceed to ace down connected corruption pursuing a large graft ungraded that has enactment apical atomic vigor officials nether scrutiny. But they besides offered assurances that assistance volition proceed to travel arsenic Kyiv strains to clasp backmost Russia’s invasion.

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