October 2022 Kyiv missile strikes
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| October 2022 Kyiv missile strikes | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 10 October 2022 massive missile strikes on Ukraine | |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | 24 |
A massed missile attack on Kyiv took place on Monday, October 10, 2022 at around 8:00 a.m. Kyiv time, as a part of the massed missile attack on Ukrainian territory that same day. The attack was carried out by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As a result of the attack, 24 people were injured and eight were killed.[1][2] As of 11:00 Kyiv time there have been launched 75 rockets towards Ukraine, 41 of which was destroyed by the Ukrainian air defence.[3]
Course of events
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On the morning of Monday, October 10, 2022, after the announcement of a large-scale air alert, several explosions rang out in the Shevchenkivskyi and Solomianskyi District of Kyiv. This was announced by the mayor of the capital Vitali Klitschko. According to Anton Herashchenko, the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, one of the rockets in Kyiv fell near the monument to Mykhailo Hrushevskyi on the Volodymyrskaya street.[4][5] A missile stroke near the Kyiv Glass Bridge . [6]
Victims
According to Rostyslav Smirnov, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, at least 24 people were injured, 8 were killed, as a result of several hits in different places in Kyiv. The information is being clarified. A fire broke out in six cars, and more than 15 cars were damaged.[7] The subway trains stopped running and the underground tunnels became the shelters of citizens.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "В Киеве есть погибшие в результате ракетного удара – DW – 10.10.2022". dw.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "По городам Украины нанесён массированный ракетный удар". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Зранку агресором випущено 75 ракет, ППО знешкодила 41, - Залужний". espreso.tv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Ракетний удар по Києву: пролунали потужні вибухи, горять автівки, є жертви". glavred.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Ракетний удар по Києву. Відомо про жертв та десятки постраждалих". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ A missile strikes near the glass bridge
- ^ "Ракетна атака РФ по всій Україні: в центрі Києва загинули вісім людей, вибухи пролунали в багатьох областях — онлайн". nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Kitsoft. "Рух поїздів на всіх лініях метрополітену призупинено. Підземні станції працюють як укриття". Офіційний портал КМДА - Головна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
