Ukraine–Russia

Zelenskyy says Russian ballistic missiles struck university grounds in Kyiv

This version is a correction.

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Russia · Ukraine
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy initially said casualties were not yet fully known after Russian ballistic missiles struck a university campus, Kyoto Park, an area near a metro station and nearby homes in Kyiv. A later Kyiv Independent report, citing Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the State Emergency Service, said one person had been killed and 10 injured, including university students, a paramedic and a medical technician; nine were hospitalized. The report said two medical facilities and a three-storey commercial building were damaged. The original municipal posts for the updated figures were not retrieved.

  • Fatalities: Best 1 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Paramedics caught under fire, university campus struck as Russian ballistic missile attack kills 1, injures 10 in Kyiv · Kyiv Independent attributes one death to Mayor Vitali Klitschko; the original municipal post was not retrieved.
  • Injuries: Best 10 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Paramedics caught under fire, university campus struck as Russian ballistic missile attack kills 1, injures 10 in Kyiv · Kyiv Independent attributes ten injured and nine hospitalised to Mayor Vitali Klitschko; the original municipal post was not retrieved.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Zelenskyy post on ballistic-missile strike in Kyiv, Paramedics caught under fire, university campus struck as Russian ballistic missile attack kills 1, injures 10 in Kyiv

Zelenskyy’s official post reported the strike while the casualty count was still unknown. The Kyiv Independent later attributed one death and 10 injuries to Mayor Vitali Klitschko and cited the State Emergency Service; the original municipal updates were not retrieved, so the updated figures remain attributed and unverified.

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