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Mayor: 2 more bodies found in Kyiv building after Russia's June 24 missile strike

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Mayor: 2 more bodies found in Kyiv building after Russia's June 24 missile strike
The view of the apartments destroyed by the debris of a Russian missile shot down over Kyiv in the early hours of June 24, 2023. (Photo: State Emergency Service)

Two more bodies were found under the rubble of an apartment building a day after it was hit by missile debris during a Russian strike on Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on June 25.

This brings the total death toll in Russia's June 24 missile strike to five, according to Klitschko, as the rescue operation continues.

Klitschko reported earlier that 11 people were wounded, and two of them were hospitalized.

In the early hours of June 24, fragments of a downed Russian missile hit the 25-story apartment building in Kyiv's western Solomianskyi district, causing a fire to break out on the 16th, 17th, and 18th floors, according to the local authorities.

Throughout June, Russia has launched more than 20 missiles at Kyiv and the surrounding oblast, Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Serhii Popko said, with eight attacks reported thus far.

While Kyiv's air defense, bolstered by Western systems, largely protects civilians in the city, the fragments from shot-down missiles and drones continue to pose a threat to residents.

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Asami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering Ukrainian military affairs and front-line developments. She is the co-author of the weekly War Notes newsletter. She previously worked as a business reporter for the Kyiv Post, focusing on international trade, infrastructure, investment, and energy. Originally from Japan, Terajima moved to Ukraine during childhood and completed her bachelor's degree in Business Administration in the U.S. She is the winner of the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism 2023 (Local Reporter category) and the George Weidenfeld Prize, awarded as part of Germany's Axel Springer Prize 2023. She was also featured on the Media Development Foundation's 2023 "25 under 25: Young and Bold" list of emerging media makers in Ukraine. She is among the finalists for the U.K.'s One World Media Award 2026 in the Print category and the French Bayeux Calvados-Normandy award 2025 for war correspondents in the Young Reporter category.

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