Over 170 civilians killed in Ukraine’s Kyiv since start of war: officials

More than 170 civilians have been killed in Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the city’s mayor has said.

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Vitali Klitschko announced the latest figures in a TV interview on Sunday, Ukraine’s state Ukrinform news agency reported.

The Kyiv mayor said: “In our city, over 400 residential houses were destroyed and more than 170 civilians were killed."

Klitschko also said that the death toll included seven children, according to the Ukrainska Pravda website.

🕯️ Over 170 civilians have been killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv – Kyiv Mayor https://t.co/HSxfB5iGJB

— Ukrainska Pravda in English (@pravda_eng) July 9, 2023

The Kyiv mayor told the TV interview: “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin needs territory. He doesn’t need us, Ukrainians. Thus, he kills civilians.”

On June 24, five people were killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv, when fragments of an intercepted missile hit a multi-storey building in the city’s Solomianskyi district, The New Voice of Ukraine website reported.  

The bodies of two more people have been found under the rubble of a building in Kyiv's Solomyanskyi District hit by the fragments of a Russian missile in the early hours of June 24, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram on June 25.https://t.co/Cjayjn0w4p

— The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) June 25, 2023

Klitschko’s statement came after the United Nations confirmed that 9,177 civilians had been killed and 15,993 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion. 

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.

Monday is day 502 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Source: PAP, Ukrinform, Ukrainska Pravda, The New Voice of Ukraine