Kyiv, Dec 20 (EFE).- Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv early Friday morning, killing at least one person and destroying buildings, infrastructure and vehicles across three capital districts, according to city’s military administration.
Russia likely used Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles as well as Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles, the latter thought to be supplied by North Korea, in the attack that began at around 7 am (4:00 GMT), Kyiv City Military Administration said on Telegram.
In the first damage assessment offered by the administration, several cars caught on fire in the capital’s Holosiivskyi district, where the fatality occurred and others were seriously injured.
It added that missile wreckage damaged the road and a gas pipe and at least two office buildings, causing a fire to break out on the roof of one, with people believed to have been trapped inside.
Fires also broke out in Solomianskyi district due to falling debris, and in Shevchenkivskyi district.
Due to damage to mains, 630 residential buildings, 16 medical institutions, 17 schools, and 13 kindergartens in Kyiv have been left without heating, the administration said.
The intensity of the explosions set off the alarms of many vehicles parked on the streets across the city.
Kyiv had already been attacked hours earlier by an as yet unspecified number of kamikaze drones which, according to the administration, were destroyed by Ukrainian defenses. EFE
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