Rocket event in Ukraine on Mon 2nd September 2024

2nd September 2024

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In the early morning, there was a missile attack on Kyiv, which was carried out by cruise and ballistic missiles.

Cruise missiles (potentially Kh-101) came in from the south. Simultaneously with their approach to the capital, ballistic missiles KN-24/Iskander-M were launched at Kyiv and the suburbs.

Air defence shot down more than a dozen cruise missiles and about a dozen ballistic missiles, the city military administration reports.

"Debris fell in the Goloseevsky, Svyatoshinsky, Dneprovsky and Shevchenkovsky districts. Preliminary reports indicate that cars are on fire and non-residential premises are damaged," the KGVA said.

The State Emergency Service specified that in the Svyatoshinsky district, 4 cars caught fire, and at another address, a two-story warehouse building is burning.

In addition, firefighters extinguished a fire at the entrance to one of the metro stations. A recycling collection point was also on fire.

In the Goloseevsky district, rocket debris hit the boiler room of one of the educational institutions (according to some sources, this is MAUP).

In Shevchenkivskyi district, a fire covering an area of 400 square meters was extinguished. Dismantling of structures continues.

There is no information about casualties yet.

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