One particular person has been killed and 6 others injured, together with a 15-year-old lady, in a Russian assault on the capital on the night time of 20-21 July.

Supply: Nationwide Police of Ukraine

Quote: "A person was killed within the Solomianskyi district. 5 folks aged between 36 and 55 suffered shrapnel wounds within the Darnytskyi district. There’s a 15-year-old lady amongst them. An aged girl has been hospitalised within the Shevchenkivskyi district."

Constructing on hearth. Photograph: Nationwide Police of Ukraine

Particulars: Residential buildings, a kindergarten, a grocery store, kiosks, garages, vehicles, warehouse premises and the above-ground a part of a metro station have been broken.

Harm attributable to the Russian assault. Photograph: Nationwide Police of Ukraine

Destruction and particles falling have been recorded within the Holosiivskyi, Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Obolonskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of the capital.

The blast wave additionally affected a police patrol automobile on its technique to a call-out.

Affected police patrol automobile. Photograph: Nationwide Police of Ukraine

Background:

• Ukraine's Air Drive warned that a number of Tu-95 strategic bombers had taken off from Olenya air base in Russia's Murmansk Oblast.
• At 02:12 on 21 July, the Air Drive reported that Kalibr cruise missiles had been launched from the Black Sea.
• Air-raid warnings have been issued in all oblasts thrice in a single day as a result of take-off of MiG-31K jets. They carry Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles.
• On the night of 20 July, an air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv and several other oblasts as a result of a Russian drone assault. Air defence programs have been responding to Russian targets.
• On the night time of 20-21 July, Russia carried out a large-scale strike on Ukraine utilizing drones and cruise and ballistic missiles, inflicting fires in 4 of Kyiv's districts. Early experiences indicated that one particular person had been killed and two injured.
• Kyiv's Lukianivska metro station is briefly closed to passengers as a result of injury to the ground-level a part of the station attributable to a Russian strike.

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