Oksana, another resident, sent the BBC pictures of her destroyed flat, with windows smashed and glass and brickwork strewn across the floor.
“I don’t know how I survived,” she said.
“My balcony flew away, half of the walls are gone. The neighbor is so shocked that she can’t even speak. I have no words for the people who did this.’
A local journalist at the scene told the BBC that one of the buildings nearby was used by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and was probably the target of the strikes, although most of the damage seen by the BBC was residential buildings.
In a statement confirming the attack, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said the missiles were fired at a SBU “command post” in response to an attack on a chemical plant in Russia’s Rostov region two days ago.
But in Kiev, they also believe that the attack on Friday may be connected with the murder of a Russian general, Lt-Gen Igor Kirillovin Moscow on Tuesday.
Friday’s attack happened a day later Final press conference of Vladimir Putin and a phone conversation in which he threatened to launch new ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital.
In Kiev, they are worried that Russia can use a the so-called Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile. get to the capital. Earlier this month, Moscow launched a missile at the city of Dnipro.
Earlier on Friday morning, the Ukrainian authorities announced an air alert in connection with the possible launch of the Oreshnik missile and urged people in Kyiv to urgently seek shelter. It turned out to be a false alarm.
