Kyiv missile strike

Kyiv bomb disposal experts remove unexploded Russian Iskander-M missile fragments

Bomb disposal experts in Kyiv removed fragments of a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile that fell into the courtyard of a residential building overnight on Sept. 24 but did not detonate, the State Emergency Service reported.

24 September, 12:39 PM

Ukraine weighs bunker hardening and preemptive hits against Russian missiles — The Economist

Ukraine has two primary strategic options to defend against Russian ballistic missiles amid an acute shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles, The Economist wrote on Sept. 10.

10 September, 10:47 AM

Actor Liev Schreiber visits Kyiv strike site, calls for Patriot missiles

Hollywood actor and longtime Ukraine supporter Liev Schreiber visited Kyiv's Solomyanskyi district, which Russia struck overnight into Aug. 20, according to United24's Instagram video.

21 August, 01:10 PM

40,000 Kyiv homes still without power after Russian attack

Energy workers restored power to 50,000 families following Russia's missile attack on Kyiv overnight into Aug. 20. At the same time, another 40,000 households remain without power, the DTEK energy company reported.

20 August, 12:02 PM

Russian missile attack on Kyiv kills 12, wounds dozens

At least 12 people have been confirmed killed and more than 30 wounded in Russia's attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Aug. 20. Rescuers from Ukraine's State Emergency Service continue working at strike sites, with damage reported in the Sviatoshynskyi, Solomyanskyi, and Darnytskyi districts of the capital.

20 August, 10:45 AM

Russian attack on Kyiv destroys office, store of Ukrainian cosmetics brand

A Russian missile attack on Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district overnight into July 30 destroyed the office and store of Elfa, a popular Ukrainian cosmetics manufacturer, the company said in a social media post.

31 July, 12:53 PM

Russia destroys Kyiv textbook printer, wiping out nearly 250,000 schoolbooks

A large-scale Russian missile attack on Kyiv destroyed the Konvi Group printing plant, one of Ukraine’s largest printing businesses and a major producer of school textbooks, commercial director Viktoriia Haidai said.

20 July, 03:36 PM

Russian strike damages five Kyiv health care sites as city reels from barrage

Russia’s large-scale attack on Kyiv on June 2 damaged or partly destroyed five health care facilities, the Health Ministry’s press service reported.

2 June, 12:46 PM

Putin threatens Kyiv strikes to mask post-ceasefire humiliation, ISW finds

Russia has threatened “systematic” strikes on Kyiv in an effort to project strength after the humiliation surrounding the May 9–11 three-day ceasefire, while also trying to cast preplanned missile and drone attacks as a “response” to Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War said in its May 25 report.

26 May, 10:25 AM

Police release video of first minutes after Russian mass strike

Police released a video showing the first minutes after Russia’s massive strike on Kyiv on May 24, with officers helping civilians at the sites of the attacks.

25 May, 10:45 AM

Russia fires 950-kg warhead X-22 missiles at Kyiv in overnight assault

Russia fired X-22 and X-32 anti-ship missiles at Kyiv during an overnight barrage — a rare and unprecedented move that marked a significant escalation in its use of heavy munitions, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Col. Yurii Ihnat said during a broadcast on Kyiv 24.

24 January, 02:47 PM

Russia’s overnight strike on Kyiv kills two and injures 29 across seven districts

The number of people injured in Russia’s overnight and early-morning attack on Kyiv on Nov. 29 has risen to 29, Mayor Vitalii Klychko said. Two people were killed, including a 10-year-old boy among the wounded, according to police.

29 November 2025, 11:15 AM

Russia kills mother and daughter in Kyiv missile strike, toll rises to 9

The death toll from Russia’s June 23 missile strike on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv has risen to nine, after rescuers recovered the bodies of a 41-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter from beneath the rubble, the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office reported.

23 June 2025, 06:48 PM

Russia kills at least 6 in Kyiv as missiles, drones hit residential areas

Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on June 23, killing five people and injuring 19 more in one of the capital’s deadliest strikes in weeks.

23 June 2025, 11:03 AM

Kyiv woman: ‘Everything’s destroyed’ in strike

A Russian ballistic missile struck a residential high-rise in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi District overnight on June 17, damaging neighboring buildings and terrifying residents.

17 June 2025, 12:37 PM

Finnish PM: Trump may be realizing Putin wants war, not peace

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo condemned Russia’s recent missile strikes on Kyiv over the weekend, calling them deliberate attacks on civilians, Finland’s Demokraatti reported on May 26.

27 May 2025, 12:05 PM

Russian missile strike in Kyiv: Eight dead, two minor siblings feared killed

A massive Russian missile and drone attack struck Kyiv in the early hours of April 24, with the Sviatoshynskyi district suffering severe destruction, including the collapse of a multistory residential building, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, Kyiv24 reported.

24 April 2025, 01:50 PM

Russia launches ballistic missile barrage on Kyiv, kills one and injures three

Russian forces launched a massive missile and drone strike on Kyiv early Sunday, hitting several districts with ballistic missiles and killing one person, local officials said.

6 April 2025, 02:15 PM

Russian missile strikes in Kyiv damage embassies of six countries — Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry

Russian missile strikes on Kyiv have damaged the embassies of Albania, Argentina, Palestine, North Macedonia, Portugal, and Montenegro, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry reported.

20 December 2024, 04:10 PM

Russia’s night attack on Kyiv: Air Defenses down dozens of drones, debris falls in Darnytskyi district

On the night of Dec. 14, Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine, with fragments falling in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, while air defense forces neutralized about a dozen drones threatening the capital, according to Kyiv military administration head Serhiy Popko.

14 December 2024, 12:16 PM

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