Massive Russian attack on Kyiv: almost all districts affected, there are dead and wounded

On the night of June 15, Russian troops launched a massive combined strike on Kyiv. Five people were killed and another 30 were wounded, including two children.

This was reported by chairman Vitaliy Klitschko and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Damage and fires were recorded in almost all districts of the capital. As Interior Minister Igor Klymenko informed, 26 fires with a total area of ​​​​almost 6,000 square meters broke out as a result of the shelling.

More than 1,200 rescuers of the State Emergency Service and police officers were involved in eliminating the consequences of the attack. Additional forces of rapid response units have arrived. Large-scale centers of fire are being extinguished by the State Emergency Service aviation.

“Today’s attack was aimed not only at killing and wounding civilians. The Russians have directed drones and missiles against history, religion, art and education.

In Kyiv, an academy and a kindergarten were damaged, and one of the workshops of the National Film Studio named after O. Dovzhenko was destroyed.

Footage of the Assumption Cathedral engulfed in flames is horrifying. 0 8:35 the State Emergency Service forces extinguished the fire on the roof of the church.

While rescuers were trying to put out the flames in the main cathedral church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Russians struck again nearby – at the National Cultural, Art and Museum Complex “Art Arsenal”, – said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Tafiychuk reported: all employees were safe. Backup delivery schemes have already been launched.