The mayor of Kyiv, as reported by N12 journalist Asaf Rozentzweig, said Saturday morning that at least 9 people were killed and 28 wounded in the overnight Russian attack on the capital. The statement updates the wounded count from the 27 reported by the emergency service earlier, while the death toll remains at 9.
The overnight Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, first reported by N12 at 01:57 Jerusalem, has now been confirmed by the city's mayor to have killed at least 9 people and wounded 28. The mayor's statement, relayed by N12 journalist Asaf Rozentzweig at 08:04 Jerusalem, updates the wounded count from the 27 reported by the State Emergency Service at 07:49 Jerusalem, as The Zioneer previously reported. The death toll remains unchanged.
The thread of reports shows the evolution of the attack's toll. Initial reports at 01:57 Jerusalem indicated the capital was under a ballistic missile barrage, with heavy explosions heard. Within the same hour, the mayor reported at least three killed and several trapped in a collapsed building. By 07:49 Jerusalem, the State Emergency Service reported 9 killed and 27 wounded, including four children, and noted that 105 people had been rescued from the rubble.
The attack is part of an ongoing Russian aerial campaign against Ukrainian cities. As The Zioneer has reported, Kyiv has been a frequent target of combined missile and drone barrages, including a massive strike in early July that killed at least 13 people.
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