- Title: Russian missiles strike in the heart of busy Kyiv centre
- Date: 10th October 2022
- Summary: KYIV, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 10, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** EMERGENCY SERVICES ON SITE OF EXPLOSION NEAR CENTRAL KYIV BUSINESS CENTRE BLOOD ON THE GROUND FIRE BRIGADES SHATTERED WINDOWS IN THE BUSINESS CENTRE BUILDING WOMEN CARRYING BELONGINGS IN THE STREET SHATTERED WINDOWS IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING NEARBY PEOPLE GOING INTO SHELTER PEOPLE INSIDE SHELTER (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) ANGELICA (SURNAME UNKNOWN) KYIV RESIDENT SAYING: "I think this is the response to what happened with the Crimean bridge, although the everyday attacks continue nevertheless. This is terrorism." ANGELICA SHOWING HER CAT IN TRAVEL BOX IN SHELTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLENA SOMYK, RESIDENT OF KHERSON WHO RECENTLY FLED TO KYIV SEEKING MORE SAFETY, SAYING: "Really, I think they are bastards. That's it . They want to destroy our people, our infrastucture, everything. I really do not know. I am extremely angry. Why our people, our kids should ... I do not know, how to say it, why? For what? " OLENA WITH HER DAUGHTER IN SHELTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLENA SOMYK, RESIDENT OF KHERSON WHO RECENTLY FLED TO KYIV SEEKING MORE SAFETY, ASKED IF THE ATTACKS ON KYIV WERE A RETALIATION FOR THE CRIMEA BRIDGE, SAYING: "So I don't know who could do it. Probably someone Russian. It is not the fault of Ukraine. I don't think that Ukraine is guilty of this, they can be (Ukraine's) responsibility. No. I think this Russia. And they now do it, of course . He (Russian President Vladimir Putin) is a small, angry man." DAMAGED BUSINESS CENTRE HALLWAY SHATTERED GLASS (SOUNDBITE) (UKRAINIAN) ROMAN VASHCHISHYN, KYIV RESIDENT SAYING: "Most likely it is a revenge for the Crimean Bridge, that's what I think. Those attacks all over Ukraine , this is revenge, that's it." VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUSINESS CENTRE FIRE BRIGADES VARIOUS SHATTERED GLASS ON THE GROUND BROKEN WINDOWS VARIOUS INTERIOR OF RESTAURANT, DAMAGE EXTERIOR OF BUSINESS CENTRE EMERGENCY WORKERS, RUBBLE BEING REMOVED POLICE FIRE BRIGADES, POLICE WORKERS REPAIRING ELECTRICITY WIRES EMERGENCY SERVICES SHATTERED WINDOWS WIDE OF THE SITE
- Embargoed: 24th October 2022 11:52
- Keywords: Crimean Bridge Kyiv Ukraine attack centre of Kyiv missiles rush hour
- Location: KYIV, UKRAINE
- City: KYIV, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001115810102022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: ED NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY
Russian missiles tore into Kyiv during rush hour on Monday (October 10) morning, killing civilians and destroying infrastructure in the most intense strikes on the capital since Russia abandoned an attempt to capture it in the early weeks of the war.
Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in Ukraine's west, Dnipro and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv in the east. A witness in Russia's Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border also heard a blast from the border area.
In Kyiv, attacks struck in the heart of the busy city centre.
City police said at least five people had been killed and 12 wounded.
Pedestrians huddled for shelter at the entrance of Metro stations and inside parking garages.
Central Kyiv business centre, known as DTEK Tower suffered serious damage. The building houses German Visa center among other businesses.
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