Rada buildings damaged due to russian attack on Kyiv on January 1 - Stefanchuk
As a result of the attack by the aggressor country of russia on the center of Kyiv on January 1, the administrative buildings of the Verkhovna Rada were damaged.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, announced this on Facebook, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Stefanchuk noted that on January 1, russia carried out a cynical attack on the center of Kyiv, as a result of the strike on a residential building, two civilians were killed - the family of famous Kyiv scientists Ihor Zyma and his wife Olesia Sokur, the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada and MPs express their deep condolences to their relatives and friends.
"At the same time, the blast wave damaged the surrounding buildings, including the administrative buildings of the Ukrainian Parliament, where committees and divisions of the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are located. Yesterday, law enforcement agencies and special services worked at the site, recording the consequences of the barbaric attack. An assessment of the damage is currently underway," he said.
Stefanchuk stressed that despite the damage, the relevant departments of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are making every effort to promptly eliminate the consequences of the attack and ensure the uninterrupted operation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and its bodies.
He also showed photos of the damage:
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on New Year's Eve, russia attacked Ukraine with 111 drones. As a result of the fall of debris from the downed drones, objects in the Pecherskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts of the city were damaged.
During the attack by russian drones on the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, the famous Ukrainian neurobiologist Ihor Zyma and his wife, biologist Olesia Sokur, were tragically killed.
In addition, debris from the drone fell on one of the buildings of the National Bank of Ukraine.
As a result of the russian drone attack on January 1, the House of Writers was also damaged.