In Kyiv, the number of casualties resulting from the massive missile strike carried out by the Russian Federation on May 24 has increased to 87, including three children. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
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Details of the destruction and rescue operations
As a result of the attack, civilian and administrative infrastructure was damaged at 49 locations across various districts of the capital. Particularly extensive destruction was recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi district, where a missile strike completely destroyed the entrance of a five-story residential building. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of two deceased women from the rubble.
“In the Shevchenkivskyi district, where the entrance of a five-story building was destroyed by the strike, rescuers have recovered the bodies of two deceased women,” noted the State Emergency Service.
During the cleanup operations following the shelling, State Emergency Service workers dismantled 165 square meters of damaged reinforced concrete slabs. Canine units inspected over 100 square meters of the area, and psychologists provided assistance to 112 victims. Efforts to eliminate the consequences of the strike are ongoing.
Scale of the attack and its consequences for the city
According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, many residents were able to save themselves by staying in shelters. On the night of May 24, the Russian Federation carried out the largest attack on Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine in recent times, launching 600 drones of various types and 90 missiles from air, sea, and ground platforms. The primary target of the strike was the capital.
In total, four people have died across the country, and the number of injured is approaching one hundred. In Kyiv, damage to infrastructure has been recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi, Darnytskyi, Desnyanskyi, Obolonskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts. Multi-apartment and private houses, shopping centers, educational institutions, markets, administrative buildings of the State Emergency Service and police, as well as the National Chernobyl Museum, were hit.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the massive shelling with drones and missiles, including ballistic “Oreshnik” missiles, claiming that these strikes were allegedly aimed at military command facilities, air bases, and enterprises of Ukraine’s defense industry.