Kyiv hit by massive missile attack: 17 injured, including child; fires and infrastructure damage reported across three districts

All twenty-nine Russian Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and multiple ballistic missiles aimed at Kyiv were successfully intercepted and neutralized by Ukrainian air defense forces on March 21.

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NV reports on the aftermath of the first massive overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, which triggered an almost three-hour-long air raid alert, injured at least 17 people, and caused numerous destruction across several districts of Kyiv and Oblast.

Key aftermath updates as of 12:00 EET:

Podil district: A fire on the roof of a residential building, a 200-square-meter fire at a power substation and a two-story non-residential building, and missile debris in non-residential areas

Shevchenkivskyi district: Damage to a multi-storey building, shattered windows in several buildings, fire in an apartment, resulting in evacuation, three cars on fire, missile debris also fell in a residential area between a kindergarten and residential buildings, causing no damage or injuries, a fire in a private residential building was extinguished

Sviatoshynskyi district: Damage to a multi-storey building (fragments fell on the 4th floor of a nine-storey building); broken windows, a car fire was extinguished.

First aid centers were set up in Sviatoshynskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts.

At least 13 people were injured in Kyiv, including an 11-year-old girl. Four civilians were hospitalized.

Six schools and kindergartens were damaged in the Ukrainian capital.

Four people were wounded, more than 40 private houses, two multistory buildings, and a lyceum were damaged in Kyiv Oblast overnight, according to the officials.

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