At least three people have lost their lives and another 15 have been injured in an attack launched early this Saturday by the Russian Army against Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, according to local authorities.
The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, has detailed that several detonations have shaken the city after Russia fired ballistic missiles at least against four districts of the capital.
"Explosions in the city! Kiev is suffering a ballistic missile attack," Klitschko warned, who initially indicated that "a fatality had been recorded" in Kiev. Approximately an hour later, the mayor updated the balance and noted that the number of deceased has increased to three and the number of injured to 15.
During the wave of explosions, the Ukrainian Air Forces have confirmed that several "ballistic missiles" were heading "from the north towards Kiev."
The mayor of the capital has urged residents to take shelter and explained that several fires have been declared in the districts of Holosiivskii, Darnytskii, Shevchenkivskii, and Solomianskii.
"In the Solomyanskii district, a fire has been declared in a six-story non-residential building after being hit by an impact. In the Holosiivskii and Darnytskii districts, debris has fallen on non-residential properties. In the Solomyanskii district, there are cars on fire in a parking lot. In the Darnytskii district, a missile has hit a non-residential area. In the Shevchenkivskii district, there is a fire in a car wash. In the Solomyanskii district, there are people trapped in a five-story building after debris from a rocket fell on it. A fire has occurred in the courtyard of a residential building," he specified in a post on his social media.
Russia has struck the Ukrainian capital again with long-range ballistic missiles, a strategy already recurrent by Moscow that seeks to erode Ukrainian air defenses that have difficulties intercepting this type of projectile. In response to the resumption of these attacks, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has demanded in recent months from his American counterpart, Donald Trump, to accelerate the delivery of Patriot air defense systems in order to contain the Russian bombings.