Number of injured after night attack on Kyiv increases to 87, two people killed

The number of people injured in the russian massive strike on Kyiv on the night of May 24 has risen to 87. Among the injured are three children; two people were killed.

It was reported by the State Emergency Service.

Damage to residential and administrative infrastructure in the capital was recorded at 49 different locations.

In the Shevchenkivskyi District, the entrance to a five-story building was destroyed by a direct hit. Rescuers recovered the bodies of two women who had died at the scene.

Emergency rescue operations included the removal of 165 square meters of damaged reinforced concrete structures. K-9 units searched over 100 square meters of the area. State Emergency Service psychologists provided assistance to 112 people.

Work to address the aftermath of the strike is ongoing.

According to data on the scale of the attack on the night of May 24, russia used about 90 missiles and approximately 600 drones of various types as part of a combined strike on Ukraine.

What is known about the shelling of Kyiv on May 25?

As a reminder, on the night of May 24, russian forces carried out a massive ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital.

At least two people were killed and 81 were injured in Kyiv as a result of the shelling. Two men were also reported killed in the Kyiv Region.

During the large-scale nighttime shelling of the capital on the night of May 24, the State Historical and Architectural Reserve “Ancient Kyiv” came under attack by russian forces. As a result of the attack, the historic heart of the capital suffered significant damage.

Also, during the nighttime attack on Kyiv, the main office of Ukrposhta on Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square was damaged.

Following the russian attack on the night of May 24, approximately 40% of the museum artifacts from the exhibition at the National Museum “Chornobyl” in Kyiv were irretrievably lost.