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Kyiv strikes kill at least one; two metro stations close for repairs
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Reports add Irpin casualties outside Kyiv city
A woman was killed in Irpin during the overnight Russian attack on October 19, first deputy mayor Oleksandr Pashchynskyi said, according to Chas News. Regional administration head Tymur Tkachenko reported six people injured, including three children, and three missing, according to UNN and Chas News. Both outlets attribute the injury and missing-person figures to the same official account. Searches were continuing when the reports appeared. These figures concern Irpin in Kyiv region, separate from the previously reported Kyiv city casualties. The missing people are not confirmed fatalities.
Three people missing in the Kyiv region after Russia's ballistic missile strike; there are casualties · Росія атакувала Ірпінь: загинула жінка та зникли безвісти троє людей
Later report puts injuries at eight and identifies station closures
Russian missile strikes on Kyiv overnight on October 18–19 killed at least one person and injured eight, The Kyiv Independent reported. Reuters’ earlier account, citing Mayor Vitali Klitschko, reported one death and three injuries. These are successive reported injury tallies and should not be added together. City officials announced temporary closures of Chernihivska and Lisova metro stations for repairs, according to The Kyiv Independent. Reuters also reported damage to a residential high-rise and a medical facility, citing the mayor.
The Kyiv Independent: 3 waves of Russian missiles slam Kyiv overnight, killing at least 1, injuring 8 · Reuters: Russian strike kills woman, hits Kyiv subway station, mayor says