Ten people injured in Russian missile attack on Kyiv – State Emergency Service

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At least ten people were injured after a Russian missile strike damaged a 25-storey residential building in Kyiv late on Thursday.

According to Ukrinform, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine announced this on Facebook.

"On April 28, at 20:13, the State Emergency Service in Kyiv received a report of a fire in the Shevchenkivsky district of the capital. As a result of enemy shelling, a fire broke out in a 25-storey residential building. The 1st and 2nd floors were partially destroyed," the statement said.

At 21:25 p.m., the fire was extinguished on a total area of 100 square meters. Search and rescue operations are underway.

According to preliminary data, five people were rescued and ten were injured. The information is being clarified.

Earlier reports said that the Russians attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on April 28, with two missiles hitting the city's Shevchenkivsky district.