IN BRIEF: Aftermath of Ukraine’s attack on Kirov, six civilians killed
According to the latest estimates, 26 people were injured
KIROV, July 24. /TASS/. Six people have been killed and 26 more injured in a Ukrainian missile attack on an enterprise in Kirov, the region’s Governor Alexander Sokolov reported on messaging app Max.
TASS has compiled the main information about the consequences.
Attack circumstances
- On the morning of July 24, a plant in Kirov came under a missile attack, Sokolov reported.
- Emergency response services are working at the site.
Killed and injured
- According to the latest information, six people were killed and 26 injured in the attack.
- All the injured are receiving medical assistance - from outpatient treatment to hospitalization, the region’s governor noted.
- Twelve of those injured in the Ukrainian attack on Kirov were taken to hospitals, fourteen others received outpatient assistance, aide to the Russian health minister Alexey Kuznetsov said.
- According to Kuznetsov, all those wounded are receiving necessary medical assistance, with telemedicine consultations with specialists from federal medical centers being arranged.
- One of the wounded is in critical condition, two are in serious condition, he added.
- The Russian health ministry’s Federal Center for Disaster Medicine is coordinating medical assistance.
Coping with consequences
- Specialists are working to restore power and water supply in the Fileiki district in Kirov in connection with the missile attack, the press service of the region’s government reported.
- It noted that power supply will be restored in the first place to social facilities and residential buildings.
- Water utility workers are working to get the water turned back on, following which houses will be connected to water service, the press service of the regional government added.
- Specialists extinguished a fire that started as a result of the missile attack on the Kirov enterprise, the governor reported later.
- Local water and power supply has been restored.
- Experts checked air quality in Kirov following the missile attack and a fire at one of the local enterprises. No levels of harmful substances exceeding safety limits were detected.
Public transport service and airport operation
- Kirov’s city public transport service routes have been changed.
- Passenger buses route Nos. 2, 11, 19, 20, 22, 26, 33, 44, 46, 50, 51, 53, 90, 120 will run to the intersection of Oktyabrsky Prospekt and Dzerzhinsky Street, and trolleybuses Nos. 1, 3, and 4 will be turning around on Lepse Square.
- Several road sections were closed for traffic following the missile attack on the enterprise, the city’s administration said.
- Public transport operation is regulated in real time regime by specialists from the local administration’s transport department and the central traffic control service.
- Several flights, including to Kaliningrad and from Makhachkala, have been delayed.
- The regional government’s press service said later that traffic had been completely restored in Kirov.
Reaction of authorities
- Sokolov recalled that by decision of the Kirov Region’s Antiterrorist Commission, the publication of photos, videos, or any information about attacks and their consequences on social media, in mass media, or other information resources that would make it possible to identify the territory, object, or nature of the damage, is prohibited.
- The governor also expressed condolences to the families, relatives and close friends of those killed in the attack.
- He said that the Kirov Region government would provide support to all the affected families.
- Sokolov added that the residential buildings adjacent to the attack site are being inspected, after which the government will make a decision about whether repairs are needed.
- A number of festivals and other events have been cancelled in the Kirov Region after the missile attack, the regional government said.