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muriel_volestrangler

(106,353 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:42 PM 14 hrs ago

At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages

Source: BBC

At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials say.

The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district. Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the man, who lived locally, began shooting at people on the street and then took others hostage in a nearby supermarket.

Klymenko said the attacker was killed in the supermarket following a shoot-out with police. His motive is currently unclear.
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Police negotiators spoke to the shooter for around 40 minutes while he was in the supermarket, Klymenko said. He described the man as "acting chaotically".

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm25r1vkx4lo

That's all Ukraine needs. It's not obviously a Russian supporter, but I suppose it still could be.

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At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago OP

After years of wartime conditions, people start having psychotic episodes. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #1

Thanks for pointing that out BeyondGeography 14 hrs ago #2

This winter my street was snowed in for four days. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #3

This message was self-deleted by its author blue-wave 10 hrs ago #4

War does a lot of damage to people. Aussie105 6 hrs ago #5

Irish_Dem

(81,833 posts)

1. After years of wartime conditions, people start having psychotic episodes.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:46 PM

14 hrs ago

Who knows what this man has been through.

BeyondGeography

(41,158 posts)

2. Thanks for pointing that out

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:04 PM

14 hrs ago

There was a massive aerial attack on Kyiv yesterday. People have been triggered by less.

Irish_Dem

(81,833 posts)

3. This winter my street was snowed in for four days.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:11 PM

14 hrs ago

Couldn't plow out of it.

By the 4th day some of the women on the street were starting to get cabin fever and crying and getting agitated. They felt trapped and enclosed.

Imagine what years of war would do.
Bombings, deaths, injuries, shortages, deprivation, snipers.
Trapped in the house with no power, food shortages, etc.

People start losing their minds.

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Aussie105

(8,029 posts)

5. War does a lot of damage to people.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 11:02 PM

6 hrs ago

Takes 2 generations to get over it.
Some people who lived through it as civilians or combatants never do.
They carry the anger and guilt to the grave.

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