Russian attack on Kyiv region kills child, injures four in capital
A child died in Vyshhorod, just outside Kyiv, and four people were hurt in the capital as Russian missiles and drones struck overnight, officials said.
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Injured count in Kyiv city rises to four; officials confirm a child died in a nearby Vyshhorod strike.
Incidents in this story
- Kyiv · before dawn Wednesday: Ballistic missile strikes across Kyiv city districts (4 injured)
- Vyshhorod · overnight Tuesday into Wednesday: Missile and drone strike on Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast (1 killed, 3 injured)
- Bucha · overnight Tuesday into Wednesday: Property damage in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast
A child died in a Russian missile and drone attack on Vyshhorod, just outside Kyiv, and at least four people were injured in the capital overnight into Wednesday, officials said. Kyiv Oblast military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said the child was killed and three other people hurt in the strike, while Kyiv's city military administration said the number of people injured in the capital itself had risen to four.
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv before dawn on Wednesday, setting off fires in several districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. A power cut was also reported in the capital's Pechersk district.
Ukraine's air force warned at 02:44 local time of a "threat of the use of ballistic weapons," and air raid sirens sounded minutes later across Kyiv and several regions. The air force then said ballistic missiles were moving towards the capital. More than a dozen explosions rocked the city shortly before 3am, journalists on the ground reported, followed by the sound of air defence fire. A second series of explosions was heard around 3:40am.
A fire broke out in the private housing sector of the Sviatoshynskyi district, Klitschko said. Kyiv's city military administration reported a warehouse fire in the Holosiivskyi district and a fire at a shop in the Obolonskyi district. A private home also caught fire in the Podilskyi district later that morning.
Tkachenko said the child's death and the three injuries in Vyshhorod came in a strike that also damaged homes, infrastructure, warehouses and vehicles in the area. In nearby Bucha, 11 vehicles, two warehouses and three homes were damaged, he said. The full extent of the damage was not immediately clear.
Overnight on Tuesday, missiles and drones had already struck Kyiv, wounding one person, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
What we know
- Russian ballistic missiles and drones struck Kyiv and Vyshhorod, just outside the capital, overnight into Wednesday.
- A child died in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, and three others were hurt there, Kyiv Oblast military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.
- At least four people were injured in Kyiv city itself, the city military administration said.
- Fires broke out in Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi, Holosiivskyi, Obolonskyi and Podilskyi districts, and a power cut was reported in the Pechersk district.
- In Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, 11 vehicles, two warehouses and three homes were damaged, Tkachenko said.
- A separate strike on Tuesday had already wounded one person in Kyiv, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
Why it matters for Europe
Wednesday's barrage was the latest in a campaign of hours-long drone and missile attacks that Russia has intensified against Kyiv since August, often striking even in daylight, the Kyiv Independent reported. The tactic is aimed at exhausting Ukraine's air defences, which also protect the millions of residents living in a capital that has faced repeated ballistic missile threats through September.
The attack came a night after missiles and drones already struck Kyiv on Tuesday, wounding one person, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. Consecutive nights of strikes have added to disruption in the capital, including the power cut reported in the Pechersk district on Wednesday.
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Injured count in Kyiv city rises to four; officials confirm a child died in a nearby Vyshhorod strike.
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Questions and answers
- How many people were hurt in Wednesday's Kyiv attack?
- At least four people were injured in Kyiv itself, the city military administration said, while three more were hurt in a strike on nearby Vyshhorod, according to Kyiv Oblast military administration head Tymur Tkachenko.
- Was anyone killed?
- A child died in Vyshhorod, just outside Kyiv, when the area was hit in the missile and drone raid, Tkachenko said.
- What caused the power and fire disruption in Kyiv?
- Ballistic missile strikes set off fires in several districts, including a power cut in the Pechersk district.
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