A Russian bombing of a Ukrainian television tower caused the death of five people. Earlier, Russia had warned them to leave their homes.
Kiev. Five people have died and five others have been injured in the Russian bombardment today, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, against the television tower of Kyivreported the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on their Facebook page.
For its part, the National Police has reported that a projectile hit a four-story administrative building on the street Dorohozhytskaya (located next to the Kiev television tower), and as a consequence there has been an explosion and a fire. Five people were evacuated.
“At 17:18 local time (15:18 GMT), the operational coordination center of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kiev received a message that, as a result of the impact of a unknown Enemy Projectile, there was an explosion, followed by the burning of the four-story administrative building,” the National Police said on its channel Telegram.
According to police, rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have already started to extinguish the fire and evacuate people at the scene. “At the moment, five citizens are known to have evacuated, one of whom was found in a shelter antiaircraftor,” police said.
Russia Warning
Before launching the attack, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that it would attack the information and propaganda centers in Kiev and asked residents of nearby houses to leave.
After the bombing of the television tower, some channels have stopped broadcasting, as EFE has been able to verify.
“We warn the ukrainian Citizens, used by Ukrainian nationalists to carry out provocations against Russia, as well as Kiev residents living near relay nodes, to leave their homes,” the Russian Defense Ministry had said. EFE
This is repeated more and more. Students and parents who believe they may stay there illegally. IT IS NOT LEGAL TO STAY!!! Please come back on the humanitarian plane!!!! pic.twitter.com/o5LhFY32IK
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