Russian attack on Kyiv

Russia hits We Are Ukraine TV channel building during live broadcast – Zelenskyy

Russia struck the building of the We Are Ukraine television channel, part of the United News national telethon, during a live broadcast on Sept. 8, causing destruction and injuring at least five people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X.

8 September, 03:27 PM

Moldovan citizen injured in Russian strike on Kyiv Oblast; his truck burned completely

A Moldovan citizen was injured in the Russian ballistic attack on Kyiv Oblast overnight into Aug. 5 after arriving the previous evening at a logistics center in the village of Chaiky, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.

5 August, 03:54 PM

Russian strike hits emergency medical substation in Kyiv, injuring six medics

Russia massively attacked Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight into July 2, with consequences recorded in all districts of the capital. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, an emergency medical substation was hit along with residential buildings, the Kyiv City Health Department reported.

2 July, 02:01 PM

Kyiv declares July 3 day of mourning after Russia's most massive attack

Kyiv declared July 3 a day of mourning for those killed in Russia's most massive attack on the capital on July 2, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said.

2 July, 11:11 AM

Trump reportedly moved by images of Russian strike on Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Images of the fire-damaged golden domes of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following Russia's June 15 strike on the UNESCO-listed monastery complex made a strong impression on U.S. President Donald Trump, Politico reported, citing three G7 officials.

18 June, 10:10 AM

Russian mass strike on Ukraine kills at least 10 – Minister Kuleba

A mass Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight into June 2 killed 10 people, including four in Kyiv and six in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration and Communities and Territories Minister Oleksii Kuleba reported on Telegram.

2 June, 11:43 AM

Russian missile and drone assault on Kyiv leaves 4 dead and 63 injured

The number of people injured in Russia’s combined overnight attack on Kyiv on June 2 rose to 63, including three children, while four people were killed, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.

2 June, 10:37 AM

EU to keep diplomats in Kyiv, summons Russian chargé d’affaires after new threats

The European Union has summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires after another Russian attack on Kyiv and fresh threats from Moscow about “systematic” strikes on the Ukrainian capital, European Commission foreign affairs spokesperson Anitta Hipper said on May 26, during a briefing in Brussels, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

26 May, 06:59 PM

Kremlin signals Kyiv strikes could be regular, shrugs off Europe’s response

Russian strikes on Kyiv could be carried out on a regular basis, though not necessarily every day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on May 26, according to the Russian state propaganda news agency Interfax.

26 May, 06:04 PM

Boy plays city anthem outside burned-out shopping center

A video showing a young Ukrainian boy playing the accordion outside the burned-out Kvadrat shopping center near Kyiv’s Lukianivska metro station has gone viral online.

26 May, 03:13 PM

Russia lacks capacity to escalate Kyiv strikes significantly, ex-FM Kuleba says

Russia may increase the frequency of strikes on Kyiv but is incapable of making them significantly more powerful than those carried out over the past four years, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a video posted to his Instagram account on May 25 responding to threats by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to strike Kyiv "systematically" and calls for the United States to evacuate its diplomats from the city.

26 May, 01:07 PM

Russia threatens systematic strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to flee

Russia will begin “systematic strikes” on military-industrial facilities in Kyiv, its Foreign Ministry said on May 25 and called on foreigners, including diplomats, to leave the Ukrainian capital as soon as possible.

25 May, 06:16 PM

Russia's May 24 Kyiv attack hit offices of Deutsche Welle, ARD and four other media outlets

At least six Ukrainian and foreign media outlets had their editorial offices damaged in Russia's mass attack on Kyiv on May 24, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) head Sergiy Tomilenko reported.

25 May, 05:20 PM

Russian strike hits one of Kyiv's most popular bakeries — it reopened the same day

A Russian missile and drone strike hit Kyiv's Podil neighborhood in the early hours of May 24, damaging the popular Zavertailo bakery-café — which reopened the same day by lunchtime, owner Stanislav Zavertailo announced on Instagram.

25 May, 01:50 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia launches 1,567 drones, 56 missiles in two days; response coming

Russia launched 1,567 drones and 56 missiles over May 13–14, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X after a Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff meeting.

14 May, 07:02 PM

Putin’s massive strike aims to overshadow Trump-Xi summit

Russia deliberately launched a mass strike on Ukraine to signal defiance at the start of the U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping summit, political analyst and Business Capital analytical center head Vadym Denysenko wrote on May 14.

14 May, 12:43 PM

Russian attack cuts heating to thousands of Kyiv high-rises

The overnight Russian air assault left nearly 2,600 buildings in Kyiv without heat, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram on Feb. 12.

12 February, 10:08 AM

Russian missile and drone barrage injures two in Kyiv

At least two people were injured in an overnight Russian ballistic missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram on Feb. 12, commenting on powerful explosions heard across the city.

12 February, 08:16 AM

Russian attack cuts heating to 1,000+ Kyiv high-rises

Approximately 1,170 high-rise apartment buildings were left without heating following combined Russian drone and missile at the Ukrainian capital overnight, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported on Telegram on Feb. 3.

3 February, 10:28 AM

Mayor: Nearly 3,000 Kyiv buildings still without heat

Almost 3,000 high-rise apartment buildings in Kyiv remain without central heating as of morning, Jan. 22, according to an update from Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram on the progress of restoring essential utilities after the Jan. 20 devastating Russian air assault on the Ukrainian capital.

22 January, 09:13 AM

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