russian missile hits residential building in front of the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv
Several missiles were launched on Kyiv, one was shot down by air defense in the Kyiv region
What happened? The enemy fired several missiles at Kyiv. As a result of enemy shelling, a fire broke out in a 9-storey residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi District, with the partial destruction of the 7th, 8th and 9th floors.
Source. This was announced by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Details. There are people under the rubble. Some residents were evacuated, and two people were hospitalized.
A seven-year-old girl was rescued from under the rubble, she is alive. Now her mother is being rescued.
The nearest emergency and rescue units immediately arrived at the scene. 19 units of firefighting equipment and 67 men are involved in the rescue operation.
The head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, said that an air defense shot down one of the missiles in the Kyiv region. Its remains fell to the outskirts of one of the villages. There are no destructions and casualties.
It should be noted that the house hit by the russian missile is located on the street opposite the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv.
Background. Three days ago, russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited the capital of Azerbaijan, where he met with President Ilham Aliyev. On the eve of Lavrov's visit, moscow said it would not allow external forces to undermine russia's efforts to restore peace and stability in the South Caucasus.
After the meeting, Aliyev expressed the opinion that within the framework of normalization of the situation in the region “it will be possible to find very practical steps that will help to unblock communications”. According to him, Azerbaijan is counting on russia's “active efforts” in this direction and in order to establish a “strong peace in the Caucasus” in general.
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