BBC journalist reveals family home in Kyiv bombed in Russian air strikes

Fearing a Russian attack, many of the capital’s residents took shelter deep underground in metro stations on Thursday evening
BBC journalist reveals family home in Kyiv bombed in Russian air strikes
BBC Journalist family home ‘destroyed’ in Ukraine bombings (Maia Mikhaluk)

A BBC journalist has revealed the apartment building in Ukraine where her family lived was partially destroyed in Russian air strikes.

During a live broadcast discussing the situation in the country, Olga Malchevska confirmed the multi-storey block hit by a Russian rocket in the early hours of Friday morning was her family home in the capital Kyiv.

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