Daytime and evening attacks on Kyiv on 7 October: one killed, high-rise fire
Place: Kyiv: Solomianskyi, Obolonskyi and Desnianskyi districtsRegion: Kyiv and Kyiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
RIA Novosti reports power and water outages, citing Klitschko, but does not link them to the attack or mention casualties. The Ukrainian materials are unclear on the death toll: Ukrainska Pravda writes of a man killed and of a woman's body found in Obolon, RBC-Ukraine of one person killed.
What Russia reports
automatic summary RIA Novosti, citing Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, reports that the capital was partly left without electricity and water: power problems cut supply to pumping stations, causing water outages on the right bank. The report does not mention an attack or casualties.
“Из-за проблемы с электроснабжением частично обесточены водопроводные насосные станции. На правом берегу города перебои с водоснабжением”
- Киев частично остался без света и воды — RIA Novosti, 7 October, 19:03
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary According to Klitschko, the State Emergency Service and the city military administration (Ukrainska Pravda), a man was killed in the daytime attack, a woman's body was found near a burning car in Obolon, and by evening the number of injured in Solomianskyi and Obolonskyi districts had reached 13. In the evening, according to the emergency service, a Russian drone hit a 12-storey building in Desnianskyi district at the level of the 10th floor: four people were injured, including children, and 22 people were rescued, among them 8 children. On the morning of 8 October the State Emergency Service said the bodies of two people had been found in one of the damaged flats in the Desnianskyi district building.
“Внаслідок російської атаки на Київ 7 жовтня загинув чоловік”
“Рятувальникам вдалося врятувати 22 особи, зокрема 8 дітей.”
“По данным мэра, пожар загорелся в 12-этажном доме.”
“У Деснянському районі столиці 2 людей загинуло внаслідок російської атаки.”
- У Києві через атаку РФ загинув чоловік, 13 людей постраждали — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 17:06
- Російський удар по багатоповерхівці в Києві: четверо потерпілих — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 23:28
- Россия атаковала Деснянский район Киева, горит многоэтажка — RBC-Ukraine, 7 October, 21:43
- Через російську атаку в багатоповерхівці Києва загинули двоє людей – ДСНС — Ukrainska Pravda, 8 October, 05:22
- Россияне атаковали Оболонский район Киева, есть погибший и раненые — RBC-Ukraine, 7 October, 19:40
- У Києві внаслідок атаки РФ виникла пожежа в житловому будинку — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 21:32
- РФ ударила по многоэтажке в Киеве: часть дома разрушена, среди пострадавших дети — RBC-Ukraine, 7 October, 23:42
- РФ ударила по 12-этажке в Киеве: стало известно о первых жертвах — RBC-Ukraine, 8 October, 06:30
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW, citing the State Emergency Service, writes that on the evening of 7 October a Russian drone hit a 12-storey building in Desnianskyi district, killing two and injuring four. Kyiv Independent reported a new drone strike on an apartment block after a day of deadly attacks.
“погибли два человека, еще четверо пострадали”
“Russia launched another drone strike against Kyiv on the evening of Oct. 7, hitting a 12-story apartment building”
- Российский дрон попал в многоэтажку в Киеве, двое погибших — DW (RU), 8 October, 08:01
- Russia hits another Kyiv apartment building after day of deadly strikes, injuring 4 — Kyiv Independent, 8 October, 00:00
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