Winged rockets and "Iskanders": Klitschko reported the consequences of the morning blow in Kiev (video)
The head of the KMVA Sergey Popko at 7:02 stated that the air defense system was working in the capital. Already at 7:25 it became known about the rocket strike in the Svyatoshinsky district of the capital. Destruction in several other areas also have been recorded. According to the deputy chairman of the KSCA Mykola Povoroznyk, about 20 enemy missiles flew to Kiev, all of which were affected by air defense. He stressed that the fragments have fallen almost all over the city.
The KMVA press service said it was a second missile strike in the capital since the beginning of the year. In particular, the blow was combined, with the use of various weapons. "Air alarm in the capital lasted two and a half hours. At first the enemy launched the winged missiles X-101/X-555/X-55 from the strategic bombers of Tu-95MS from the Saratov region, these missiles went to the capital two waves," - The message says.
The enemy launched the ballistic missiles of land base in the capital, when the winged missiles were directly in the airspace of Kiev. The forces for air defense struck almost 20 air targets, but due to a combined rocket attack in Kiev there are destruction and victims. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko at 9:30 reported that several buildings in different areas were damaged in Kiev as a result of a Russian attack in Kiev and 18 people were pre -damaged.
"In Kiev, 18 people were injured as a result of the Russian rocket attack. According to him, doctors assisted a 13-year-old boy and four adults. One woman was also sent to intensive care and continued to provide intensive care. Svyatoshinsky district: As a result of the fall of debris, balconies were damaged from 1 to 5 floors of an apartment building and four apartments. Another house found an unobtrusive combat part of the rocket, the residents were evacuated.
Also, a non -residential two -storey building was lit, at one more address the car was burned. Solomenskyi district: An explosive wave in an apartment building knocked out windows, a few apartments occurred in several apartments. In addition, a two -storey non -residential building was destroyed. Pechersk district: There was a fire as a result of a hint of a non -residential building. Another victim was detected during the elimination of the consequences.
Darnytskyi district: in several places there was a fall of debris, in particular on the roof of a nine -storey apartment building and near the kindergarten, without further fire. On the morning of January 23, the Russian military launched ballistic and winged missiles in the peaceful cities of Ukraine. As a result, the explosions were heard in Kiev, Pavlograd of Dnipropetrovsk region and Kharkiv. As a result of the rocket stroke on the Pavlograd, a person was killed, another was injured.
There were four hit in Kharkiv. According to the head of the investigative department of the SUNP of Ukraine in Kharkiv region, Sergei Bolvinov, the gas pipeline was damaged as a result of the attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In several districts of Kiev, destruction was recorded, there are victims.