The Russian military has launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and also hit the city of Zaporizhzhya, local authorities reported.
In Kyiv, the area of the Lukyanivska subway station was hit by ballistic missiles at around 6 a.m. local time on January 18, killing at least three people and injuring three more, according to the head of the capital’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko.
It had earlier been reported that four people had died in the attack, but this death toll has since been amended.
“Fire in the Shevchenkivskiy district. A non-residential building. All units are heading to the scene,” said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on the Telegram messenger app, adding that “windows have been blown out, and there is smoke in the entrance of a residential building.”
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Aftermath Of Russian Attack On Kyiv
Klitschko also said the Lukyanivska subway station had been damaged and that it was “currently closed for entry and exit,” although trains were still “passing through without stopping at the station.”
Images from the scene of the incident show a large crater in the road outside a business center, which also appears to have been badly hit. The building had reportedly been empty after being damaged in previous attacks.
The Kyiv mayor said a water mains had also been affected and that repair crews were heading to the area.
Elsewhere, authorities reported several injuries in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhya after an infrastructure facility was hit by Russian shelling.
Ten people were injured in the incident, while residential buildings, an administrative building, and private vehicles have been damaged, said the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Federov.
“One woman is in serious condition. Two more women and three men are in moderate condition,” he said, adding that all the injured were in the hospital and “medics are providing the necessary assistance” with five ambulance crews working at the scene.
Russia has systematically targeted Ukraine's civilian and energy infrastructure since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022. It has also been accused by Kyiv of targeting residential buildings, which Moscow denies despite mounting evidence to the contrary.