Number of people killed in Russian missile attack on Vyshhorod rises to seven

The number of fatalities as a result of a Russian missile strike on Vyshhorod on 23 November has risen to seven; 35 people were injured. Source: Andrii Niebytov, Chief of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv Oblast, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast on Sunday Quote from Niebytov: "Another woman died this morning, so seven people have now died from this terrible crime.

We have 35 injured people, six of whom are children. The youngest girl is 5 years old." Details: Niebytov reported that in Vyshhorod, a Russian missile, presumably a Kh-101, landed near a high-rise apartment building.

As a result, four buildings, a kindergarten and a school were damaged.

There was no military facility nearby.

Background:

  • On 23 November, Russian forces conducted an airstrike on a residential area in Kyiv Oblast, hitting a residential apartment building in Vyshhorod. 
  • 35 people were injured in Kyiv Oblast as a result of the massive Russian missile attack on 23 November; 31 of them in Vyshhorod. 
  • During the day on 24 November, the number of people killed in the city of Vyshhorod in Kyiv Oblast as a result of the Russian missile attack on 23 November increased to six.
  • In total, the number of fatalities in the Kyiv region was seven people.

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