(28 Aug 2025)
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Kyiv – 28 August 2025
1. Various of damaged residential building after Russian attack
2. Various of medics evacuating an injured person after Russian attack
3. Wide of a woman sitting with a water bottle
4. Closeup of a woman holding a cat
5. Mid of resident of damaged building walking in the street
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Vitalii Sanchenko, 21, Kyiv resident:
"I heard a loud explosion, it attacked the neighboring house, the door fell on my head. That’s all that happened. The whole apartment was destroyed, two of our cars were damaged, so we didn’t look around for a moment, but immediately went outside and took shelter."
7. Various of damaged residential building and cars
8. Wide of people walking out from the damaged building
9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sophia Akylova, 21, Kyiv resident:
"At first I heard an explosion just in the background, then one strong explosion and then the windows were already broken. I wanted to get up and run, but I chose a couple of seconds and there was a second explosion. And then it was all over, we ran out, there were no doors or windows, but it’s good that everyone was alive."
10. Wide of firefighter standing near the damaged building
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sophia Akylova, 21, Kyiv resident:
"Honestly, it’s never happened before that they attacked so close to me. In any case, everyone is suffering now. It’s coming to any areas, as we can see, no negotiations have yielded anything yet, unfortunately people are suffering."
12. Various of damaged residential building after Russian attack
STORYLINE:
Residents of Ukraine’s capital described their immediate reactions following a mass Russian drone and missile attack.
The attack included a rare strike in the center of the city, early Thursday and killed at least eight people, wounding 45, local authorities said.
Resident Sophia Akylova said it was the first time a Russian strike hit very close to her home.
"Everyone is suffering now. It’s coming to any areas, as we can see, no negotiations have yielded anything yet, unfortunately people are suffering," added Akylova.
It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks as U.S.-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction.
Among the dead were two children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, citing preliminary information.
The numbers are expected to rise.
Rescue teams were on site to pull people trapped underneath the rubble.
Smoke billowed from the crumbled column of a five-story residential building in the Darnytskyi district, which suffered a direct hit.
An acrid stench of burning material wafted in the air as firefighters worked to contain the blaze.
Amid the destruction, emergency responders searched for survivors and pulled out bodies.
Crowds of residents stood nearby, waiting for relatives to retrieved from the rubble.
AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko
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