<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Warning: This story contains details and content that some readers may find distressing.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside a supermarket with hostages in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/ukraine" rel="" target="" title="Ukrainian "><span>Ukrainian </span></a><span>capital, Kyiv, on Saturday, before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At least 14 people were wounded and taken to hospital.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 58-year-old attacker was not named by police, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was born in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/russia" rel="" target="" title="Russia"><span>Russia</span></a><span>, as authorities worked to piece together a motive for the violence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-19-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/c2c7491b-d22a-4f1b-bfba-8e932b044fd6"><strong><span>Australia urged to 'inject' itself into Hormuz dispute</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-people-charged-over-sydney-gangland-shootings/ddbca82b-b02a-4d6c-975b-0d99f6b5f71a"><strong><span>Two charged over shootings in south-western Sydney</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The mass shooting — unheard of in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/war" rel="" target="" title="wartime "><span>wartime </span></a><span>Kyiv following Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — took place in a busy central district of the city, outside an apartment block and a nearby shopping centre, leaving bodies on a crowded street as bystanders fled for safety.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/a-mass-shooting-in-ukraines-capital-leaves-6-dead-before-police-shot-and-killed-the-gunman/04f29cbc-9028-46c5-9e2e-a8cef807598b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw victims’ bodies in the street covered with emergency blankets before they were taken away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“The assailant has been neutralized. He had taken hostages and, tragically, killed one of them. He also murdered four people on the street. Another woman died in the hospital due to severe injuries,” </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/volodymyr-zelenskyy" rel="" target="" title="Zelenskyy "><span>Zelenskyy </span></a><span>said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“It has been established that the attacker set fire to an apartment before taking to the streets with a weapon," Zelenskyy said in a video posted online.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He had a prior criminal record, had lived in the Donetsk region (in eastern Ukraine) for a long period, and was born in Russia.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-pope-says-he-does-not-want-to-debate-trump/21fb3d46-929f-42c8-babf-246cc6dc5ea6"><strong><span>Pope rejects claims of feud with Trump over Iran war</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukraine’s special tactical police units stormed the convenience store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The hostages were supermarket customers and staff.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“We tried to persuade him, knowing that there was likely a wounded person inside. We even offered to bring in tourniquets to stop the bleeding, but he did not respond,” Klymenko said.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/04/16/13/53/today-in-history-april-19-what-happened-on-this-day"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/iqKaRM9cp7c1uqc2ufkmK9C03sE=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F3a5c27a0-1731-4d1c-96e4-838361a67b8c" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/iqKaRM9cp7c1uqc2ufkmK9C03sE=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F3a5c27a0-1731-4d1c-96e4-838361a67b8c 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/hZv2Z-AbOjSx1PGY7BG6aDjtuPo=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F3a5c27a0-1731-4d1c-96e4-838361a67b8c 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">TODAY IN HISTORY: Teen locked in cell and forgotten about for 19 days</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/04/16/13/53/today-in-history-april-19-what-happened-on-this-day">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“Consequently, the order was given to neutralize him.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The minister said the gunman had a valid weapon's permit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the 40-minute standoff, a female negotiator wearing body armour and standing behind an armoured vehicle used a loudspeaker to call out to the assailant, urging him: “The people are not to blame for this. Please let them go, and we will talk with you.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukraine’s security service, or SBU, described the killings as an act of terrorism.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The shooting took place in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, where several residents said they recognized the gunman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/pantry-loading-fuel-crisis-aussie-supermarkets-iran-war/59b0ca54-1d69-4ab6-96f2-6b5c306dade0"><strong><span>Why a controversial shopping habit is now 'non-negotiable' for certain Aussies</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“I knew him by sight. He seemed like an educated, refined man. You’d never guess he was some kind of criminal,” said 75-year-old Hanna Kulyk, who lived in the same apartment block as the attacker.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“He didn’t socialize much with people — just a greeting and he’d be on his way,” she said. “He lived alone.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>