On the night of May 7, Kyiv was subjected to another air attack by the Russian Federation, as a result of which at least two people were killed and five more were injured. Among the injured are four children. About this reported State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations.
Rescue units worked in the Svyatoshynskyi, Solomyanskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of the capital. In Sviatoshyn district, debris hit a nine-story residential building, which led to a fire in apartments on the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth floors. The fire covered an area of 100 square meters and was extinguished. Rescuers evacuated five people – one adult and four children, three of whom were hospitalized with burns. Rescue work continued.
In the Solomyansk district, the wreckage of the drone fell on an open area. In the Dnipro district, a drone hit a multi-story residential building, which led to the partial destruction of the ceiling on the 29th and 30th floors, however, no fire and no injuries were recorded.
In the Shevchenkiv district, debris hit a five-story residential building, causing a fire in apartments on the third and fifth floors. During the elimination of the fire, the bodies of two dead people were found. Work to eliminate the consequences is ongoing.
“Two people died in a residential building in the Shevchenkiv district of the capital. There, fragments of an unmanned aerial vehicle hit the upper floors of a five-story residential building. The number of victims in the capital increased to 8. Another woman was hospitalized. Three children were hospitalized before that. Thus, four victims were hospitalized at the moment. Four medics provided assistance on the spot.”,— clarified city mayor Vitaly Klitschko.
