A special operation has been launched in Kyiv: shots were fired at a car carrying a mother and her child

Boris Bodnar
Boris Bodnar Journalist
A special operation has been launched in Kyiv: shots were fired at a car carrying a mother and her child
The suspected car of the shooter Photo from Telegram
A shooting took place in the Svyatoshynskyi district of the capital, targeting a car in which a woman and a child were travelling. According to reports, they were unharmed.

The incident took place on Mriy Street in the Svyatoshynskyi district of Kyiv. An unknown man fired several shots at a car in which a woman and a child were sitting.

According to preliminary reports, the shooting was carried out by a man travelling in a Volkswagen. After firing the shots, he left the scene.

According to Yulia Girdvilis, spokesperson for the National Police of Ukraine, the woman and child were not injured in the incident.

Further details of the incident are being clarified.

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