Russian strike on Kyiv kills two and damages maternity hospital
Russian forces struck Kyiv again with ballistic missiles overnight on September 24. According to the latest data, two people were killed and eight were wounded, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
In the Dniprovskyi district, a private house was damaged, and Klitschko said people may be trapped under the rubble. In the Podil district, “drone debris” fell on a parking lot near a maternity hospital, setting several cars on fire and killing one person. Windows and part of the facade of the maternity hospital were damaged, and a nearby clinical diagnostic center also sustained damage.
Warehouse buildings were partially destroyed in the Solomyanskyi district, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported.
Ukraine’s Air Force Command said its forces shot down 227 missiles and drones of various types over Ukrainian territory overnight on September 24.
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