The explosions in Kyiv on May 31 were the result of a missile attack by the Russian occupiers.
Updated at 09:38.
Explosions in Kyiv on May 31: what is known
Explosions in Kyiv on May 31 occurred at five in the morning, as soon as the Air Force reported the movement of high-speed targets in the direction of the capital.
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Subsequently, the head of the city military administration, Sergei Popko, noted that the air defense destroyed all targets.
Later, the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Nikolai Oleshchuk clarified that the Russian invaders hit Kyiv with an Iskander-K cruise missile.
Russians from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation launched ammunition.
An air defense missile landed in the Kyiv region.
Explosions in Kyiv on May 31: consequences
After explosions occurred in Kyiv on May 31, the KGVA reported that debris from a destroyed rocket caused a fire in a non-residential building in the Goloseevsky district.
Later they clarified that it was damaged by fire:
- private household;
- STO;
- car wash;
- six cars;
- warehouse.
In total, the fire covered approximately 120 square meters. m.
Meanwhile, DTEK reported that rocket debris damaged the power grid and completely destroyed a transformer substation in the Goloseevsky district.
At 08:10, power engineers managed to heal most of the houses using backup sources.
About ten private houses and one commercial premises remain without electricity.
Electricity is promised to be restored by the end of the day.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for the 828th day.
The situation in cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.
