Rescue operations continue in Kyiv following a massive missile attack by Russia on December 27
This is reported by Kyiv24
As a result of yet another Russian attack on the capital of Ukraine, over 10 residential buildings in various districts of the city were severely damaged. Rescue services and police are operating in an enhanced mode: mobile heating points have been organized at the sites of the most significant destruction, and evacuation of people from under the rubble is ongoing.
Operational Situation: Evacuation and Consequence Mitigation
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 68 people were evacuated from a geriatric nursing home in the Darnytsia district. Firefighters quickly extinguished fires and dismantled destroyed structures.
“Rescuers are promptly extinguishing fires and clearing debris. The police and the State Emergency Service evacuated 68 people from the geriatric nursing home in the Darnytsia district,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
As of 12:43, there was one confirmed fatality and 27 injured, including two children. By 13:35, the number of injured had risen to 28. In the Dnipro district, the body of a man was found in an apartment of a damaged building, while his wife is in extremely critical condition in the hospital.
“In the Dnipro district, the body of a man was found in one of the apartments of a damaged residential building. His wife is in the hospital in extremely critical condition,” he noted.
Areas Most Affected by Destruction
In the Dnipro district, hits were recorded in several high-rise buildings, including a 25-story building, where rescuers extinguished a fire and continue to dismantle emergency structures. A fire also occurred in an administrative building.
In the Darnytsia district, both high-rise and private buildings were affected. Two two-story houses burned in the private sector, and the fire has already been extinguished. A 24-story building was damaged, and efforts to extinguish the fire between the 12th and technical floors are ongoing. There have also been reports of falling debris and damage to vehicles. 68 individuals with limited mobility were evacuated from a nursing home.
In the Desnianskyi district, a fire broke out in a nine-story building due to a kamikaze drone strike, which has been extinguished. In the Obolon district, debris from shells damaged a three-story private residential building, and rescuers are finishing the clearing and cooling of the structures. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a ten-story building caught fire as a result of a drone attack, and search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Scale of the Attack and Its Impact on Kyiv’s Infrastructure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that overnight, Russia launched nearly 500 drones and about 40 missiles, including Kinzhal-type missiles. The main targets of the attacks were the energy and civilian infrastructure of the capital.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba, around 600,000 residents of Kyiv and the region were left without electricity. There are also disruptions in heating and water supply. Critical facilities have been connected to backup power sources, and energy and utility services are working to restore resource supplies.
“Critical facilities have been switched to backup power. Energy and utility services are working on the damaged areas to restore light, heat, and water,” Kuleba wrote.
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko also reported damage to one of the ministry buildings in the capital as a result of the shelling. Due to power outages, the movement of some electric transport has been temporarily suspended, and metro trains on the “red line” are only running between the “Akademmistechko” and “Arsenalna” stations. The interval is 6 minutes. The schedules on the blue and green lines of the metro have not changed.