Explosions and fires in Kiev

Created: 02/25/2022, 04:52

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko shared video of a burning house in the Ukrainian capital on Telegram.

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There were several explosions in Kiev on Friday night.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko shares video of a burning apartment building.

Rocket debris had hit there.

Kiev - Several explosions shook the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Friday night.

This was reported by the Unian agency.

Among other things, a multi-storey residential building on the east bank of the Dnipro River was hit, where fire broke out.

The city administration announced on Telegram that debris from a rocket had hit there.

Three people were injured.

There, Ukrainian forces managed to shoot down a Russian aircraft, wrote an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko published a video on the social network Telegram showing fires on several floors of the building.

Firefighters were on site.

One of the injured is in critical condition, he wrote.

dpa