The Shooter In Kiev Has Been Eliminated

• 18.04.2026, 18:26

The number of victims of the attacker is being specified.

A shooting with hostage-taking took place in a supermarket in Kiev. The attacker was liquidated during the assault carried out by the special unit KORD. This was reported by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klymenko.

According to him, the attacker took refuge in the store, where he took people hostage and opened fire. During an attempt to apprehend him, he wounded a police officer. Before the storming, they tried to negotiate with him, but it did not yield any results.

"Special forces of the National Police's KORD stormed the store where the intruder was. The man took people hostage and shot at a policeman during the arrest. The number of victims is being specified. There are dead and wounded," - said Klimenko.

According to medics, as a result of the shooting killed two people, five more were injured, among them a child - all the victims are hospitalized. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko specified that one of the wounded was a security guard of the supermarket where the incident took place.