Wine, books, consumer electronics, footwear, ambulance services, and a zoo: an incomplete list of the "military targets" attacked by russia in Kyiv

"The Armed Forces of the russian federation... carried out a massive strike using high-precision long-range air-, land-, and sea-based weapons, as well as attack drones, against military-industrial enterprises and fuel and energy infrastructure facilities in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv oblast", - the russian Ministry of Defense cynically claimed in its report on the barbaric overnight attack on Ukraine's capital on July 2.

Meanwhile, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the authorities of Kyiv and the Kyiv oblast, as well as the affected companies, numerous civilian facilities with no connection whatsoever to the Defense Forces came under attack.

In particular, several apartment buildings and private homes were damaged.

In the Shevchenkivskyi district, an ambulance substation came under attack. Doctors and paramedics were injured, and ambulances sustained severe damage. On Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, the restored historic building designed by architect I. Zektser, now housing the CityHotel Residence, was damaged. A major fire broke out in the building.

The central warehouse of the electronics retail chain MOYO was completely destroyed, along with the large warehouse complex of the BookChef publishing house. Around 800,000 books were burned there. The central warehouse of alcohol distributor OKWINE was also destroyed.

Extensive destruction was recorded at the office and warehouse site of IT distributor ERC, at the Agromat store, and at the humanitarian aid warehouse of the Ukrainian Red Cross. More than 320,000 units of cargo—including strategic reserves, generators, and medical equipment—worth over 79 million hryvnias were destroyed in the fire.

The Kyiv Zoo was also affected. Several buildings on its grounds were damaged, and the blast wave damaged enclosures housing turtles and crocodiles. The warehouse complex of the Ukrainian footwear marketplace INTERTOP also came under attack.

The most tragic consequence of the attack was the deaths of civilians. At present, 25 people are confirmed to have been killed.