Kyiv Shooting Death Toll Climbs to Seven

(MENAFN) The death toll from Saturday's mass shooting in Kyiv has climbed to seven after another hospitalized victim succumbed to their wounds, Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced Monday.

In a Telegram statement, Klitschko confirmed that seven additional wounded individuals remain under hospital care.

The attack, which unfolded Saturday across a street and inside a supermarket in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, initially left six dead and 14 injured before local authorities could contain the situation. The gunman opened fire in public before retreating into the supermarket, where he took hostages — a standoff that ended when police stormed the building and shot him dead.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko identified the attacker as a "native of Moscow," detailing how the suspect barricaded himself inside the supermarket before law enforcement moved in.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, posting on US social media platform X, elaborated on the shooter's background, stating that the perpetrator was born in Russia and had lived in the Donets region for an extended period, and had prior criminal convictions. "All available information about him and the motives behind his actions is being thoroughly investigated. Every detail must be verified," Zelenskyy wrote.

The Ukrainian Security Service has formally opened an investigation into the bloodshed, classifying the incident as a "terrorist act."

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