Three people were injured in a high-rise building in Kyiv’s Podilskyi district, where a fire broke out following an attack by Russian UAVs, reported Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
"In total, since the start of the day, there are 8 injured in Kyiv. 8 people have died," Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
As reported, a fire broke out on the 14th–15th floors of a 16-story building in Podilskyi district on Tuesday September 1.
According to the State Emergency Service, "Russian shelling caused damage and destruction to a 16-story residential building from the 13th to the 16th floors, as well as a fire on the 14th floor spreading to the 15th – firefighters have extinguished it." Rescuers evacuated 7 people from the smoke-filled building.