Russia’s missile attack on the capital of Ukraine on 29 December has become the largest in terms of civilian casualties in Kyiv, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said.

Source: Klitschko on Telegram

Details: The death toll has risen to 16 people. The capital will observe a day of mourning on 1 January.

Quote Klitschko: “At the moment, 16 bodies have been removed from the rubble of a warehouse in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

Rescue workers are continuing their work and will continue to dismantle the rubble until tomorrow.

Kyiv will declare 1 January to be a day of mourning.”

Background: 30 December has been declared a day of mourning in the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipro. As a result of the Russian missile attack launched on 29 December, nine people were killed in Zaporizhzhia, six in Dnipro and four more in Odesa.

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