Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko released a video showing the moment a Russian missile hit a multi-storey residential building.
As you know, the rocket hit a high-rise building along Lobanovsky Avenue, 6a (in the Solomensky district of the capital).
According to Klitschko, the blow caused destruction from the 17th to the 21st floors.
People are currently being evacuated.
A video from a different angle was also made public by the State Emergency Service. It is noted that the hit of an enemy shell in a residential building occurred at the level of 18-21 floors.
There is a threat of destruction of the house .
– The fire has been extinguished, there is a threat of destruction of a residential building. The number of victims is being specified, the State Emergency Service noted.
The department promises to promptly inform about the course of liquidation of the consequences of Russia's war crime. The State Emergency Service also urges citizens to follow safety rules in the event of an air raid alert.
As you know, Saturday, February 26, is already the third day of the offensive of Russian troops on Ukraine after the Kremlin declared war on our state.
In Kyiv that night there were fierce battles with the invaders. In particular, the battle took place on Victory Avenue. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repulsed the enemy attack.
According to Vitali Klitschko, as of six o'clock in the morning, the number of wounded had risen to 35 (two of them were children).