Trapped in Inferno After Russian Strike, Ukrainian Scientist Climbed to Safety
The strike set the historic building ablaze and forced scientists to flee through smoke-filled windows, while officials said one person was killed and six injured.
- On Monday, a Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, killing one person and injuring six others. Employees fled the historic building through smoke-filled windows as flames engulfed the structure.
- Russian forces are increasingly using jet-powered Geran-5 drones to attack Kyiv; these six-metre-long cruise missiles prove harder to intercept than earlier models, with effectiveness rates dropping to 50 to 65 percent.
- Ihor Malchevsky, a 69-year-old deputy department head at the academy, narrowly escaped by climbing onto a ledge to avoid flames. "My thoughts were about just one thing: how to rescue myself from this situation," Malchevsky said.
- French OSINT analyst Clèment Molin reported Russia struck Kyiv with 155 missiles and drones in September, compared with 113 in August. Attacks have broadened to target consumer logistics, businesses, and data centres.
- Recent polling by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology shows 50 percent of Ukrainians cite government corruption as their top concern, while Russian missile and drone attacks rank second at 40 percent.
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A Russian drone burned down the historic building of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. Ihor Malchevsky escaped clinging to the facade. And he says that negotiating with Moscow makes no sense.
Ihor Malcevski, 69 years old, was in the headquarters of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, months, when the historical building was hit by a drone of Russian forces. In the attack of months from the Kiev Academy of Sciences one person died and three others were injured, according to the local authorities. ...
Scientist Ihor Malchevsky, 69, was trapped in a fiery inferno on the third floor during the Russian attack on the Academy of Sciences in Kiev on Monday. “My thoughts were only about one thing: how to save myself,” he told Reuters.
LOOK: Trapped in inferno after Russian strike, Ukrainian senior climbs down from ledge
Ihor Malchevsky focused solely on his family as he peered over the edge of the window, thick black smoke billowing behind him after a Russian drone smashed into the building setting it ablaze.
Scientists flee burning building in Kyiv’s mini-9/11, as Russian drone also explodes 200m from EU embassy (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,678)
Despite global audiences being numbed to daily Kyiv airstrikes and casualties, Russia's 9/11-type attack on a scientific institute, in a botched assassination attempt, still grabbed world attention.
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