(23 Jun 2025)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 23 June 2025
1. Various top shots of rescuers cleaning debris on the site of residential building destroyed after Russian missile attack
2. Top shot of burned and destroyed cars
3. Various of firefighters extinguishing fire
4. Destroyed car
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksii Pozychaniuk, 29, lives in building which was damaged:
“We heard a whistle of the rocket. We froze in terror while listening to it approach. Then it hit the building. This felt like it was our building that got hit. Windows burst out, glass was flying everywhere. We have a one-room apartment, which means that our child sleeps with us in the bed that is right next to the window. So every bit of it (glass) is flying straight at us. We packed in a hurry, rushed towards the hallway. At the same time carbon monoxide (fills the room) and the child inhales it. This was horrific. I cannot even express the degree of it. Then we barely went downstairs with my child. Everything here was on fire. We didn’t see the neighboring building yet because everything was covered in smoke, the cars were smoldering, tires were bursting from the high temperature which was also scary.”
6. Wide of rescuers cleaning debris on the site of the residential house destroyed after Russian missile attack
7. Various of people waiting for rescuers to clean debris
8. Rescuers cleaning debris on site
9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Vira Tkachenko, owner of destroyed apartment in the building that was destroyed:
“At 5am in the morning my neighbor called me and said that our house was directly hit and our apartment was burnt to the ground. Our flat is on the second floor and the hit happened right next to it. So we came here from another district as we were scared for our neighbors’ two little kids. We didn’t know whether they’ve managed to survive. We’re still looking for them but I can’t find them yet. Maybe they were taken by the ambulance.”
10. Various of rescuers cutting down a damaged tree on the site
11. Various top shots of rescuers working on the site of attack
STORYLINE:
A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight killed at least six people and injured others, according to local officials.
In the early hours of Monday, drones and missiles hit residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure in numerous districts across Kyiv, emergency services said, with the most severe damage occurring in the Shevchenkivskyi district, where one section of a five-story apartment building collapsed.
Rescue workers and firefighters sought to remove people they believed trapped under debris in the partially collapsed apartment building.
Oleksii Pozychaniuk, 29, who lives in the building said he and his family "froze in terror" when hearing the missile approach.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said six people were confirmed dead in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
Ten others, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby high-rise that also sustained heavy damage in the blast.
Dozens of vehicles, some burned out and others mangled by flying debris from the blast, formed a snarl in the courtyard in front of the building, which had collapsed down to the second floor.
Onlookers, some wrapped in blankets, watched tearfully as the cleanup operation took place.
Dozens of volunteers worked to remove broken glass, downed tree branches and other debris.
Russia fired a total of 352 exploding drones and decoys overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.
Russia also launched 11 ballistic missiles and five cruise missiles.
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