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Russian Missiles and Drones Strike Kyiv, Railway Depot Hit as Several Die

From ANSA · () Italian

Translated from Italian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A large Russian missile and drone attack killed at least four people in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to Ukrainian authorities.
  • A ballistic missile strike on a railway depot and other rail infrastructure in Kyiv killed seven people, including six railway workers, Ukrzaliznytsia said.
  • The attacks damaged residential and commercial buildings, a workshop and rail facilities, while emergency crews continued fighting fires.

A Russian ballistic missile struck a railway depot in Kyiv overnight, killing seven people, six of them railway workers, according to the head of Ukraine’s state railway company.

Three people were killed in the enemy attack on the capital.

— Kyiv military administrationThe administration reported casualties from the attack on Kyiv.

Oleksandr Pertsovsky, chairman of Ukrzaliznytsia’s board, said another railway employee was hospitalized with injuries. He said the strike also hit other railway infrastructure, destroyed a nearby workshop and started several fires. Rail traffic was temporarily blocked on two sections before reopening.

The railway strike formed part of what Ukrainian officials described as a “massive” Russian missile and combat-drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region. Kyiv’s military administration said three people were killed in the capital and five wounded. Tymur Tkachenko, who heads the administration of the region around Kyiv, said civilian facilities and residential buildings had been deliberately targeted.

A massive attack with missiles and combat drones.

— Tymur TkachenkoThe head of the administration around Kyiv described the scale of the assault.

In Boryspil, one person died and another was wounded when an attack hit a commercial business. A five-story apartment building in the same city was damaged, injuring eight people, including a child.

Nighttime ballistic attacks on Kyiv, directed against the railway depot and other railway infrastructure.

— Oleksandr PertsovskyThe Ukrzaliznytsia chairman described the strike that killed railway workers.

Pertsovsky said dozens of people reached shelters and were receiving assistance. Emergency responders remained at the scene, fighting fires and addressing extensive damage to rail facilities.

Dozens of people managed to reach shelters, and we are helping them recover.

— Oleksandr PertsovskyHe described assistance for people displaced by the attack.
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Originally published by ANSA in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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