Kyiv Under Heavy Air Assault Following Launch of Over 30 Ballistic Missiles

Editor's note: this is a developing story.

Kyiv came under a heavy assault as Russian forces launched more than 30 ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital.

Air defense systems were activated across the city during the attack, according to local monitoring channels.

In the Obolonskyi district of the city, a strike was recorded on non-residential land. First responders and emergency crews were immediately dispatched to the site. Preliminary information also indicates that an office building was hit in the Obolonskyi district, as reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

Reports are coming in of serious damage to residential buildings in the Sviatoshynskyi district.

In the Holosiivskyi district, two injured people were pulled from under the rubble of a destroyed warehouse building, according to Klitschko.

A fire broke out in a one-story warehouse building in the Holosiivskyi district, the total area of which is being clarified, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration.

In the Desnianskyi district, a fire also broke out in a warehouse, and missile debris fell near a residential building, as reported by Suspilne News.

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In the Holosiivskyi district, a private residential building was destroyed, with people potentially trapped under the rubble, according to Klitschko.

He also reported an ammonia leak in the same district following a strike on non-residential premises, noting that emergency services are en route to both locations.

At one of the strike locations, repeated explosions damaged an ambulance and injured its driver, Suspilne reported.

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