In Kiev, explosions began immediately after the announcement of air alarm in the city. The Armed Forces reported that they destroyed two ballistic missiles flying from the occupied Crimea.
Eyewitnesses report at least four explosions, huge pillars of smoke are visible above the city. It is already known about the destruction of a multi -storey non -residential house and at least five wounded.
“Explosions in the capital. Urgently in shelter!” - first wrote the mayor of Kiev Vitaliy Klitschko.
"I heard explosions just a second after the siren," said Air Force correspondent in Kiev Georgy Erman. These words are confirmed by other eyewitnesses.
Such a blow to Kiev without alarmed at least a minute before the blow happened, perhaps for the first time. Previously, when struck by "daggers" or other ballistic missiles from the moment of anxiety to the impact took at least half a minute or a minute.
Telegrams, which usually specialize in alarm, suggest that the impact could be caused from the onyx missile from the Crimea from the Crimean missile.
Air Force does not yet know that they were for ballistic missiles. "The type is set," they said in their message.
"According to preliminary information, a rocket attack on Kiev has a fall in debris in the Pechersk district. Damaged non -residential building. Operational services are followed at the scene," the Kyiv City Military Administration said.
They specified that a multi -storey building in the Pechersk district was significantly damaged.
Klitschko confirmed that a three -storey non -residential building was destroyed.
Photo author, Reuters signature to the photo, fully destroyed three -storey building in Pechersk. Judging by what is left of the walls - there was a gym
The author of the photo, Reuters may the mayor reported five victims in Pechersk. One woman and a 16-year-old girl were hospitalized.
Vitaliy Klitschko added that there are calls for emergency services to Pechersky, Solomian and Dniprovsky districts of the capital. There was also a fall in debris.
Also in the Holosiivskyi district of Kiev in the forest belt were found fragments of a rocket. Previously, information on the victims and destruction was not received.
Photo author, Mykola Kalashnik
The last time the massive rocket stroke of Kiev was survived last night, then all the missiles were knocked down and there were no significant destruction.
The head of the Darnytskyi district administration Mykola Kalashnik reported that in the Darnytskyi district, after the missile shelling, a private house in the Osokorki neighborhood was damaged by the wake - without further fire.
