{"id":31233,"date":"2026-09-28T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=31233"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:51:06","slug":"udar-po-nan-kyiv-povidomyly-zahyblykh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/udar-po-nan-kyiv-povidomyly-zahyblykh\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike on the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv: two academicians reported dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">A Russian attack on 28 September damaged the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. The press office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language reported that two academics had been killed. Details of the casualties and those injured are being clarified during the rescue operation. According to BBC News Ukraine, the Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences, Volodymyr Horbulin, sustained minor injuries and is at home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv was damaged by a Russian attack.<\/li>\n<li>The press office of the broadcasting ombudsman reported that two academics had died.<\/li>\n<li>The press office did not name the victims in its statement.<\/li>\n<li>Volodymyr Horbulin sustained minor injuries from the shattered glass.<\/li>\n<li>Rescue workers are putting out the fire and searching for people inside the building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>People were climbing out of the windows of the building engulfed in flames<\/h2>\n<p>A statement from the Broadcasting Ombudsman\u2019s press office states that after <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/bpla-vluchyv-nan-ukrainy-kyiv\/\">impact<\/a> People were climbing out of the windows of the building, which was engulfed in flames. At the time of the report, there was no contact with several people, and there were also reports of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The names of the academics whose deaths were reported by the press office were not disclosed. The rescue operation, fire-fighting efforts and the search for people at the scene were continuing.<\/p>\n<h2>Gorbulin sustained injuries from broken glass<\/h2>\n<p>BBC News Ukraine has received information from two sources that <strong>Volodymyr Horbulin<\/strong> He sustained minor injuries from flying glass, according to *Focus*. The impact occurred in a room one floor above his office. According to these reports, he is now at home.<\/p>\n<p>Gorbulin is an academician, vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and chair of its Scientific and Technical Council. According to preliminary information from a BBC source, his personal assistant has died, although there is no definitive confirmation of this report.<\/p>\n<h2>The number of victims is being determined during the search operation<\/h2>\n<p>Reports of two academics who have died and preliminary information regarding Gorbulin\u2019s assistant do not provide sufficient grounds to arrive at a definitive total of the casualties. Their identities and the number of victims are to be established by the relevant authorities and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine once the search operations have been completed.<\/p>\n<p>The city authorities reported that the strike on the Academy took place in the Shevchenkivskyi district during a prolonged drone attack on the capital. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the necessary emergency services were deployed to the scene to rescue people and extinguish the fire.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volodymyr Horbulin sustained injuries from flying glass following a Russian attack on the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. 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