The prosecutor's office launched an investigation into enemy night rocket attacks on the Podolsky district of Kyiv. The case was opened on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder (part 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
In the evening of March 20, the Russian military, using means of warfare prohibited by international law, fired rockets at the Podolsky district in Kyiv.
As a result of enemy shelling and fire, a shopping center was destroyed, windows in neighboring residential buildings and parked houses were damaged cars nearby.
According to preliminary information, eight people died. Rescuers and law enforcement officers are working on the spot, documenting the crime.
According to the State Emergency Service, as of 11.40 the fire in the shopping center in the Podolsky district has been eliminated. In addition to the eight dead, rescuers report one injured person.
Also on the afternoon of March 20 to the residential courtyard of the Svyatoshinsky district of Kyiv a shell from the occupying army of the Russian Federation hit, as a result of which six people were injured, two of them were hospitalized.
Two houses received significant damage, windows were shattered in six surrounding buildings by the blast wave. In addition, the premises of two schools and two kindergartens were damaged. More than 200 residents of damaged houses were evacuated.
