Overnight, Ukraine came under a massive missile attack, with the main strike, as last time, falling on Kyiv. According to the State Emergency Service and Mayor Vitali Klitschko, four people were killed in the capital and 58 were injured—including three children. In Dnipro, according to the latest figures, 10 people were killed, including a boy born in 2023, while six more remain under the rubble.
Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged in almost all districts of Kyiv—Podilskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Obolonskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi, Holosiivskyi, Pecherskyi and Darnytskyi.
Destruction in Kyiv.
In the Podilskyi district, a strike on a nine-story building caused the partial collapse of its upper floors. People may be trapped under the rubble, and five injuries are known. At other addresses, cars caught fire; a blaze broke out in a four-story building near an educational institution; and vehicles and a warehouse burned on the grounds of a municipal enterprise.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, the facade and roof of a nine-story residential building were partially damaged, fires broke out in a nonresidential three-story building, and a blaze was reported in a 24-story building.
In the Darnytskyi district, a gas station caught fire. In Obolonskyi, a construction-site cabin burned.
Kyiv residents shelter from the Russian attack in the metro.
In the Solomianskyi district, an apartment caught fire on the 16th floor of a 20-story building; a fire began on the ninth-floor level of a 24-story building; and a private house burned.
In the Holosiivskyi district, the second and third floors of a clinic building were destroyed, and cars burned on the grounds of a shopping area and in open space. At other addresses, office premises, kiosks and commercial buildings caught fire, and one business center was damaged and set ablaze.
In the Sviatoshynskyi district, the facade and window glass of a five-story building were damaged, the roof of a nine-story building sustained minor damage, and nonresidential structures were burning. In the Pecherskyi district, an unfinished building sustained minor damage.
By morning, Kyiv was covered in smoke from the fires. Thousands of Kyiv residents spent the night in the metro.
Destruction in Dnipro.
Russia had previously announced the strike, calling it “a response to the attack on a dormitory in Starobilsk,” in which 21 people were killed. Putin said punishment for that attack was “inevitable.” Ukraine denies striking a civilian facility.