Russian ballistic missile lands unexploded in Kyiv residential courtyard — photoreport
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Russian ballistic missile falls in Kyiv courtyard (Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
A Russian ballistic missile slammed into a residential courtyard between apartment buildings in Kyiv overnight into Sept. 24, with preliminary assessments indicating that its high-explosive warhead failed to detonate upon impact.
Photos released from the scene show the intact wreckage of the ballistic missile lying in the courtyard enclosed by multi-story residential buildings in the capital. The surrounding area suffered localized ground and structural damage from kinetic impact forces, but the failure of the warhead to detonate averted mass devastation.
Russia's coordinated overnight missile assault against Kyiv killed two civilians and injured at least eight others.
District-by-District Damage and Casualties in Kyiv
Solomianskyi district: Missile strikes and falling debris partially destroyed commercial warehouse facilities, igniting a widespread fire. Three wounded civilians were pulled from the rubble and hospitalized.
Podilskyi district: An explosion adjacent to a local maternity hospital ignited four parked vehicles; search-and-rescue teams later recovered the body from the impact perimeter.
Dniprovskyi district: Strikes damaged a municipal administrative building and a private single-family residence, where emergency personnel successfully rescued one trapped resident from the wreckage.
First responders, State Emergency Service (SES) bomb disposal squads, and municipal crews remain deployed across all impact zones to defuse the unexploded missile, extinguish lingering fires, and clear blast debris.
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