In Kyiv, a fragment of a Russian missile destroyed a part of the building of the Boichuk Academy of Design. Photos, videos and details

In Kyiv on Monday, March 25, a Russian missile destroyed a part of the building of the Mykola Boichuk Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design. Unfortunately, there are victims.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. Rescuers and law enforcement officers are working at the scene.

"During the morning shelling of Kyiv, as a result of the fall of rocket fragments fired by the Russian Federation, the central part of the building of the Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boichuk was damaged. In particular, the gym, congress hall, and exhibition center were destroyed. The premises of the departments and auditoriums of the institution were also significantly damaged," the statement said.

According to preliminary information, no one was killed, but the head of the academy's laboratory is among the injured. She is currently receiving medical care.

As the teachers of the institution told OBOZ.UA, a few seconds after the air raid was announced, an explosion occurred – they wanted to run out into the corridor but did not have time. According to them, the training of the children's gymnastics club was supposed to start at 12:00 in the gym of the academy.

"We fell to the floor – everything fell on us. And we heard the windows falling. We laid down for a while and came out – everything was in smoke – and ran for cover. We realized that if we had come out a minute earlier, we could have been covered by all this. There were couples walking and students sitting," added one of the teachers.

According to Ukrainian journalist Denys Kazanskyi, the destroyed gym was a children's rhythmic gymnastics studio.

"This is what the gym looked like when a Russian missile hit it today. It was a children's rhythmic gymnastics studio. It's a miracle that there were no children there at the time of the strike," emphasized Kazanskyi.

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