As Ukraine wakes up, an unverified image has been circulating on social media appearing to show a partially-destroyed apartment building in Kyiv.
There are unconfirmed reports that the building, apparently located near the capital’s Zhuliany Airport, was struck by a missile.
Reuters is also reporting a missile strike targeting the area near the Kyiv’s airport, according to a local witness. It’s currently unclear if the reports are linked, but we’ll update you when we have more on this.
“We are not targeting civilian facilities” pic.twitter.com/FOvtol6QAt
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) February 26, 2022
This apartment building in Kyiv was hit by shelling overnight, according to news agency @unian.
Russian MFA Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that "nobody is going to attack the people of Ukraine," and there would be"no strikes on civilian infrastructure." pic.twitter.com/0T0BO9HYv0
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 26, 2022