An Iskander ballistic missile struck a nine-storey apartment building in a quiet Kyiv neighbourhood on July 31, killing 32 people and injuring more than 150, including many children. The Kremlin claimed the strike targeted military infrastructure, but the impacted area contained no military sites and lay more than 10km west of central Kyiv. Survivors and witnesses described a hissing sound followed by a powerful shockwave that threw people and shattered windows. Rescue efforts recovered the wounded and the dead amid burning rubble. Victims included families who had fled frontline areas and local children.
Several framed photos on the yellow ground drown amid bouquets of wilting flowers under a wind-shaken strip of red tape. Above them are towering rectangles of damaged concrete remnants of a blast-gutted apartment building. list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4list 2 of 4list 3 of 4list 4 of 4end of list Sasha Paremsky, 11, stood in front of the scene, quietly describing a boy in one of the photos. The scariest thing is to see my friend's photo there. We'd just met to play football before this, he told Al Jazeera with a pause.
This was the Russian missile attack that killed 32 people, including five children, and wounded more than 150 on July 31. More than a dozen of those injured were children. The Kremlin said the attack targeted military factories, a military airstrip's infrastructure and an ammunition depot. In reality, an Iskander ballistic missile hit the nine-storey apartment building next to the Paremsky family home in this rustically quiet neighbourhood that has no factories, military bases or sites, and sits more than 10km (6 miles) west of central Kyiv.
People cried for help from under the debris. Everything was on fire, Paremsky said, recalling the hours after the attack. He and his parents helped survivors and rescue workers dig up the wounded and the dead. Witnesses described the strike's sound as a snake-like hiss that evolved into an eardrum-popping boom. I hear the hissing, and one moment later, I am thrown away from the window by the shockwave, said Hanna, a survivor.
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