Houses belonging to Azerbaijanis destroyed in Russian missile strikes on Kyiv - PHOTOS

Houses of Azerbaijanis living in the Darnytskyi district were damaged as a result of the Russian army's attack on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, with Iskander ballistic missiles on the night of December 12–13.

Hagverdi Bayramov of Azerbaijani descent told Report's Eastern European bureau that his and other Azerbaijanis' houses were rendered unusable by the shock wave of the missile explosion.

"We are now homeless. We are trying to return to Azerbaijan," he stressed.

The spokesman of the Kyiv Military Administration, Mikhail Shamanov, told Report that Russia's missile strikes resulted in considerable destruction in the Darnytskyi, Dneprovsky, Desnianskyi, and Holosiivs'kyi districts of Kyiv: "Russia has struck Kyiv for the second time in the past three days."

According to him, the other side also targeted civilians: "According to preliminary information, the Russians used ballistic weapons again, as they did two days ago. Around 3 o'clock at night, Russia fired rockets at the city from the north-west direction. All targets were destroyed by air defense forces. More destruction was recorded in Darnytskyi, Desnianskyi, and Holosiivs'kyi districts of the capital. A fire broke out on the 7th floor of a 9-story building, people were evacuated."

Shamanov said that 17 people, including 7 children, were rescued. Blast waves broke windows in the Dniprovskyi district. Rocket parts fell into private houses. Also, the water supply was restored with the measures taken after damaging the water pipeline. In total, 53 people were injured during the night attack. 20 people were hospitalized. The official added that 34 people received cut wounds, 8 people had acute stress, and the rest had fire and other injuries.

Report presents photos from the area where the missiles hit.