After russian attack, unexploded cluster munitions found in apartments of residential high-rise building in Kyiv
In Kyiv, after a massive russian missile attack on the night of June 17, explosives technicians removed unexploded cluster munitions from the apartments of a residential high-rise building that was hit. The Kyiv police reported this on Facebook.
It is reported that some of the russian shells did not detonate during the explosion and explosive elements fell into the building and next to it.
"During the nightly massive shelling of the capital by the enemy, elements of cluster shells fell into the high-rise building in a residential area and next to it, some of which did not detonate, creating a mortal threat to residents," the police report says.
After the missile attack, the Kyiv police explosives technicians collected dangerous remains and will take them to a landfill for destruction.
"Law enforcement officers collected the ammunition, made it safe, then loaded it into two special explosion-proof mobile containers and took it away for further destruction at the landfill," the police reported.
Kyiv police urge citizens to be vigilant and immediately report the discovery of suspicious objects by calling 102 and remind them not to try to touch or move such objects on their own.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, after a massive russian attack on the night of June 17, balls from enemy cluster munitions were found in Nyvky, Kyiv, which were used to hit the capital for maximum damage to people.
On the night of June 17, Kyiv suffered one of the largest attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion. Russian troops launched a combined strike with kamikaze drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, focusing their strikes on residential areas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the massive nighttime attack by the aggressor country russia, calling on the international community to "provide an appropriate response."