Kyiv Attacked by Drones and Missiles, Injuring Five
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- Russian forces attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles, hitting residential buildings and a hotel, injuring at least five people.
- Poland scrambled fighter jets as a preventive measure.
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Russian forces have attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, hitting residential buildings, triggering a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard and injuring at least five.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said the hotel roof was on fire. Pictures posted online showed a fire burning out of control at the top of the building on the central Shevchenko Boulevard.
In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv had come under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts. Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, a Reuters witness said.
People were trapped in a damaged nine-storey residential building and a roof of another high-rise apartment building was on fire, Klitschko added.
Other pictures on unofficial Telegram channels showed residents crowding into underground stations.
Nato member Poland scrambled fighter jets as a preventive measure, the Polish Armed Forces said in a post on X.
“These actions are of a preventive nature and are aimed at securing and protecting the airspace, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened regions,” the post said.
