Overview
- A lone gunman opened fire in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district on Saturday, then took hostages in a Velmart supermarket before police stormed the store about 40 minutes later and shot him dead.
- Officials now report six deaths after a hospitalized victim died, with at least ten people treated for wounds and trauma, including a child, and four hostages rescued.
- Prosecutors said four people were killed on the street, another victim died inside the store, and a sixth died at the hospital after emergency care.
- Investigators identified the attacker as a 58-year-old born in Moscow who carried a legally registered carbine and had recently sought a permit renewal with a submitted medical certificate.
- The SBU opened a terrorism case and police are probing the motive and licensing paperwork, a review that follows a rare mass shooting in wartime Ukraine where civilian gun ownership requires permits and medical clearance.