Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Ukrainian police fatally shot a gunman in Kyiv who killed six people and injured several others in the deadliest mass shooting in Ukraine in years.
- The attacker, a 58-year-old Moscow native living in Kyiv with prior residence in Donetsk, barricaded himself in a supermarket after killing four on the street and took hostages before being neutralized.
- Ukraine’s prosecutor general is investigating the incident as a terrorist act, but no motive has been disclosed.
- The shooting has raised concerns that such violence may increase due to the war with Russia, which has led to more firearms in circulation and widespread trauma among the population.
- Residents and officials fear that the conflict’s impact and potential Russian support for destabilizing acts could make mass shootings more frequent in Ukraine.
