Russia attacks Kyiv with missiles: terrifying footage
20 December 2024 09:07
The explosions occurred in Kyiv on the morning of December 20 at 7:00 a.m. due to a Russian missile attack. Currently, air defense forces and facilities are working in the capital. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the KCSA and KCSA.
Before the series of explosions, the military reported that a high-speed target moving toward Kyiv was detected. Later, it became known about another target following the same route.
“Air defense forces are working in Kyiv. Stay in shelters!” read a statement by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Later, several more explosions were heard in Kyiv.
“Another target is being detected through the Chernihiv region. The course is Kyiv!” the Air Force emphasized.
A large explosion was heard in Kyiv at 07:11. At least three more explosions were heard later.
“Probably, the enemy used Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K and Iskander/KN-23 ballistic missiles. As a result of this strike, debris fell in 3 districts of the city,” the KMMA reported.
The capital’s authorities reported that cars were burning in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv as a result of the fall of missile debris.
The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhiy Popko, said that missile fragments were also found in the Dnipro district of the capital – they hit an unfinished building.
Klitschko added that the falling debris caused fires on the roofs of buildings and cars were also on fire. In Dniprovskyi district, the debris fell on an unfinished building. A heating main in Holosiivskyi district was also damaged.
One of the affected buildings in the district collapsed on the fifteenth floor. There are probably people trapped inside. According to the State Emergency Service, there is one dead person.
“Emergency services are working everywhere. Currently, doctors have hospitalized two victims,” Klitschko said.
Both wounded are from Holosiivskyi district.
