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Injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv reaches 8 since start of day – SES

Eight people have been injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kyiv since the beginning of the day, the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine reported on Telegram on Tuesday.

Eight people have been injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv since the start of the day, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. One person was hospitalized in serious condition after a gas station in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district was struck. There were also reports of strikes on warehouses in the city's Obolonskyi district.

In a separate incident, explosions were reported in Russia's Volgograd and Samara Oblasts overnight, with local monitoring groups suggesting suspected drone strikes targeted a cement plant and an oil refinery.

Lithuanian authorities reported that a drone that entered the country's airspace from Belarus was shot down by NATO fighter jets near the city of Kaunas. The drone was destroyed after flying over Lentvaris near the capital, Vilnius.

Brief written by urgent.news from Interfax-Ukraine, New Voice of Ukraine, Kyiv Independent, The Korea Times — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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