Fires break out in Kyiv following combined Russian attack

Fires break out in Kyiv following combined Russian attack

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Fires have broken out in two districts of the capital as a result of a combined missile-and-drone attack by Russian forces.

This was reported on Telegram by Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, according to Ukrinform.

“In the Holosiivskyi district, a fire has broken out on the grounds of a private residence. The information is being clarified,” Tkachenko wrote.

“In the Pecherskyi district, a two-storey private house is on fire. We are checking information about possible casualties,” he later added.

Also, nine-storey residential building was damaged in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district during a nighttime attack.

“In the Darnytskyi district, Russian forces damaged a nine-storey residential building. Fortunately, there were no casualties,” Tkachenko said.

Read also: Zaporizhzhia hit by Russian drones: Residential building on fire, seven wounded

As previously reported by Ukrinform, an air raid alert was declared in Kyiv and several other regions due to the threat of ballistic missiles.

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