Russian missiles hit Kyiv overnight, injuring 15 and damaging metro bridge
Russian ballistic missiles struck several Kyiv districts overnight into Thursday, wounding 15 people, including two children, and damaging a bridge carrying the city's metro, the mayor said.
Incidents in this story
- Kyiv · Wednesday evening, 21 October: Missile hit car-repair garage, two houses
- Kyiv · shortly after midnight, 22 October: Missile struck transport facility
- Kyiv · overnight: Metro infrastructure on South Bridge damaged
- Kyiv · overnight: Ambulance station, six vehicles damaged
- Kyiv · overnight: Fire broke out at restaurant
Russian struck multiple districts of Kyiv overnight into Thursday, wounding 15 people, including two 15-year-old children, and damaging a bridge that carries part of the city's metro system, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The attack began on Wednesday evening with strikes in the Dniprovskyi district, where a car-repair garage and a private house were hit directly and debris damaged a second house, Klitschko said on Telegram. People could be trapped under rubble, he said, and rescue teams were sent to the scene. Debris also fell near a petrol station in the same district.
Shortly after midnight, a missile struck a transport-infrastructure site in the Darnytskyi district, Klitschko said. Ukraine's air force issued repeated ballistic-missile warnings through the night, including shortly after midnight and again at about 00:31, and tracked Russian attack drones approaching the capital.
Strikes also damaged part of the metro infrastructure on Kyiv's South Bridge, a crossing over the Dnipro River that carries both road traffic and the green metro line, forcing authorities to restrict traffic in one direction, Klitschko said. In the Pecherskyi district, an ambulance station and six emergency vehicles were damaged, though no medical staff were hurt, he said; a nearby monastery was also damaged, reported. A fire broke out at a restaurant in the Sviatoshynskyi district, the Kyiv said.
The toll rose through the night: Klitschko reported one injury shortly after the first strikes, then said it had reached six by 23:30 and 15 by Thursday morning, with eight people hospitalised. The Kyiv Independent separately reported one person killed and 22 injured, a toll not confirmed by other outlets covering the attack.
The bombardment came hours after the Kremlin said Russia was "in principle" ready to resume three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States, following a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine backed holding the talks as soon as possible.
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What we know
- Russian ballistic missiles struck multiple Kyiv districts overnight into 22 October, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
- At least 15 people were injured, including two 15-year-old children, with eight hospitalised, according to Klitschko.
- Strikes hit a car-repair garage and two houses in Dniprovskyi district, a transport facility in Darnytskyi district, and part of Kyiv's South Bridge metro infrastructure.
- An ambulance station and six emergency vehicles were damaged in Pecherskyi district; a fire broke out at a restaurant in Sviatoshynskyi district.
- Ukraine's air force issued repeated ballistic-missile warnings through the night.
Not yet confirmed
- The Kyiv Independent reported one person killed and 22 injured in the attack, a toll not confirmed by other outlets, which put the injured figure at 15.
- Whether anyone remained trapped under rubble in Dniprovskyi district, as Klitschko said was possible shortly after the strikes there.
Why it matters for Europe
Kyiv has faced repeated Russian strikes this week: drone attacks on 20 October injured 12 people and damaged hospitals in the Solomianskyi and Holosiivskyi districts, and a drone strike on the morning of 21 October killed two people, according to Ukrainian officials cited by the Kyiv Independent. The South Bridge carries both road traffic and the green metro line across the Dnipro River, so damage there adds to pressure on transport links already strained by the bombardment, while the loss of ambulances in Pecherskyi district comes as emergency crews respond to casualties across several districts. The UN Human Rights Office said in early October that an average of more than 400 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine every week during the first eight months of 2026, a 55% increase on the same period in 2025.
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Reported by 32 reports from 28 independent outlets in 12 countries.
- Ukrainska Pravda: У Києві після ракетного удару є влучання в кількох районах: постраждали 6 людей
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian ballistic missiles rock Kyiv in late-night attack, injuring 6
- Kyiv Post: Russian Ballistic Missile Attack Hits Kyiv Transport Facility, Injures Six
- NV: Росія атакувала Київ балістикою: влучання зафіксовані у двох районах, пошкоджено АЗС і будинки, шестеро постраждалих
- ERT News: Ουκρανία: Μπαράζ ρωσικών επιθέσεων τη νύχτα στο Κίεβο – Τουλάχιστον έξι τραυματίες και μεγάλες ζημιές
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Questions and answers
- How many people were hurt in the attack?
- At least 15 people were injured, including two 15-year-old children, with eight hospitalised, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The Kyiv Independent separately reported 22 injured and one death, a figure other outlets have not confirmed.
- What infrastructure was damaged?
- Strikes damaged a car-repair garage and two houses in Dniprovskyi district, a transport facility in Darnytskyi district, part of the metro infrastructure on the South Bridge, an ambulance station in Pecherskyi district, and a restaurant in Sviatoshynskyi district.
- When did the attack happen?
- Russian missiles struck Kyiv from Wednesday evening, 21 October, into the early hours of Thursday, 22 October, with Ukraine's air force issuing repeated ballistic-missile warnings overnight.
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