Russian drone strike sets a building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences on fire in central Kyiv, killing at least two people
A building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences caught fire in central Kyiv after a Russian drone strike.
Videos posted on social media suggest people were inside when the building was struck. They are seen trying to escape the burning building through its windows.
Local authorities said people were injured in the attack. At least two people were killed.
The German Embassy building and a Ukrtelecom office are about 300 meters (roughly 1,000 feet) from the academy.
Update: Russian forces carried out another strike in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district. A drone hit Dobrobut Academy, a large medical education complex. The building housing Ukraine’s Constitutional Court is directly across from the academy.
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