(8 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv - 8 July 2024
1. Various of aftermath of attack in Shevchenkivskyi district, where a three-story section of a residential building was destroyed
2. People standing at site of attack
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Halina Sichievka, 28, local resident:
"In the morning the air alarm started. There was the launching of missiles like Kinzhal, cruise missiles, it was a combined attack. We went to the corridor during the air alarm. And, we saw the fire and heard how the rocket was flying, and the explosion took place. Only the corridor saved us, we now don't have anything in our apartment. No windows, no doors, nothing. Nothing at all. Now (she points) you see the fourth and fifth blocks of our building are fully destroyed and there are children under the debris. Now they are searching for them. But I can't understand still why the entire world can't see that Russia is an aggressor. And no one can stop them from doing this while Ukrainians have been suffering from the Russian Federation since 2013. The main thing (that concerns me) is that the children (under the rubble) are still alive and they could be rescued. This is only one (place). But don't you see what is happening in Kharkiv, in Dnipro, frontline areas, Pokrovsk, everywhere. Why can't anyone stop it? This is all I wanted to say. I don't have any more comments."
4. Damage
5. People standing at sire
6. Various of damage
STORYLINE:
A resident of Kyiv's Shevchenkivskiy district said taking cover in a corridor was the one thing that saved her life during a Russian strike in her area.
"Only the corridor saved us, we now don't have anything in our apartment. No windows, no doors, nothing. Nothing at all," said resident Halina Sichievka.
A three-story section of a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district was destroyed.
Emergency crews searched for casualties, and AP reporters saw them remove three bodies.
The powerful blast wave scorched nearby buildings, shattered windows and flung a dog into a neighboring yard, Sichievka said.
The Kinzhal hypersonic missiles used in the attack are among the most advanced Russian weapons, Ukraine’s air force said, flying at 10 times the speed of sound and making it hard to intercept.
City buildings shook from the blasts.
Three electricity substations were damaged or destroyed in two districts of Kyiv, energy company DTEK said.
A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and injured 154, officials said, with one striking a large children’s hospital in the capital of Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims.
The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with more than 40 missiles of different types, hitting apartment buildings and public infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post.
Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 30 missiles.
AP video shot by Samya Kullab and Vova Yurchuk
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