More Than 50 Injured After Russian Ballistic Missiles Downed Over Kyiv

More than 50 people have been injured after 10 Russian ballistic missiles were shot down over Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Debris from the intercepted missiles fell on several residential buildings in the Dniprovskyi district of the capital.

Fifty-one people including six children were injured, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram. Police later on Wednesday morning revised this up to 53.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said eighteen of the injured, including two children, were hospitalised.

A children’s hospital was also slightly damaged though no casualties have been reported there.

Kyiv Post journalists in the city centre were woken up by a series of explosions just before 3am.

Air raid sirens sounded shortly after.

In a post on social media, President Zelensky said: "Russia has proven once again that it is a heinous country that fires missiles at night, trying to hit residential areas, kindergartens, and energy facilities during the winter.

"There will be a response. Certainly."

It is the second strike on Kyiv in a week and came after a long period of calm in the capital that was broken by an attack on Sunday.

The Kyiv City Military Administration said: “As a result of the air defense work on downing the missiles, debris fell in three left-bank districts of the city.”

“Same as on December 11, the enemy used ballistic weapons," the military administration said, adding: “The enemy is intensifying the missile terror of Kyiv.”

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