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In Kyiv, Russians killed a mother and her 3-month-old son, - Tkachenko

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Ukraine

Sunday, September 7


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IN Kyiv The Russians killed a mother and her 3-month-old son, and the father was seriously injured.

As reported Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said in his Telegram channel that more than 10 locations in the city were damaged. In particular, these were direct hits on residential high-rise buildings in the Svyatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts.

"In a sixteen-story building in the Svyatoshynskyi district, the last three floors are damaged. In one of the damaged nine-story buildings in the district, the 4th to 8th floors are partially destroyed. As of now, there are two dead here, including a child," he wrote.

Tkachenko emphasized that the Russians"killed the mother and her son, who was only 3 months old, and the father had serious injuries."

In another 9-story building, the third floor was damaged. Rescuers rescued nine people here. Work is ongoing at all locations.

"There are cars on fire in the area. Rescuers are currently extinguishing a fire in a non-residential area. In addition, the roof of one of the kindergartens was damaged. There was a small fire here, which was quickly extinguished," the head of the MVA reported.

In addition, he emphasized, people's homes were also damaged in the Darnytskyi district. There, a drone hit a 4-story building, preliminary reports indicate partial destruction of the 3rd and 4th floors. At least two people were injured.

"Total in the city we have 2 dead, 17 injured confirmed, information about the others is being clarified," Tkachenko wrote.

He also noted that regarding the Pechersk district, he confirms the fire in the government building."We also have reports of local consequences of the attack in the Holosiivskyi district: broken windows, some debris in the open area," the head of the MVA noted.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, standing near a 9-story building in the Svyatoshynskyi district, which was partially destroyed from the 4th to the 8th floors, noticed"The work is currently underway." "The debris, we see, was"Shahed," "Geranium," he said.

Regarding this house, it is also noted that"the bodies of two deceased were recovered there, rescuers are currently searching for the third."

Updated at 11:55. Later Klitschko noted that 20 people have already been injured in Kyiv as a result of a massive attack by Russian invaders.

"7 of them were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman. The others were treated on the spot by doctors," the mayor said, adding that the deaths of two people - a young woman and her two-month-old son - have been confirmed.

At the same time, the search and rescue operation in the most damaged building in the Svyatoshynskyi district of Kyiv is ongoing."There may still be people under the rubble there," the mayor said.

Updated at 13:32. Later Tkachenko declared, that information has been received about a third person killed in a nighttime Russian attack."Sincere condolences to the family. The search and rescue operation is ongoing," the head of the MVA wrote.

Attack on Kyiv - what you need to know

As UNIAN reported, on the night of September 7, the Russians used over 800 strike drones and missiles for a massive strike on Ukraine.

Most of the targets were shot down/suppressed - 747 UAVs and four Iskander-K missiles. At the same time, 9 missiles and 56 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 37 locations, and downed (fragments) fell at 8 locations.

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