Russian attack on Kyiv

Klitschko: Kyiv faces humanitarian catastrophe

Russian deliberate attacks on Kyiv’s energy and heating infrastructure are pushing the Ukrainian capital toward a humanitarian catastrophe, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with The Times published on Jan. 20.

21 January, 10:11 AM

Russia’s drone-missile barrage targets Kyiv’s left bank

Russia’s overnight drone and missile barrage of Kyiv was focused on the city’s left bank districts, Kyiv police reported on Jan. 20, posting photos of the aftermath on Telegram.

20 January, 09:55 AM

Kyiv paramedic killed in Russian follow-up strike while aiding victims

A 56-year-old paramedic, Serhii Smoliak, was killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv overnight Jan. 9 while providing emergency aid to victims, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health of Ukraine said.

9 January, 01:16 PM

Kyiv Mayor urges residents to leave amid severe utility damage

Almost half of Kyiv’s apartment buildings—nearly 6,000—remain without heating due to damage to critical infrastructure, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Telegram after the Jan. 9 massive Russian drone and missile assault on the Ukrainian capital.

9 January, 01:01 PM

Russia attack cripples Kyiv’s water, heating, power systems

Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district and the left bank part of the city were left without a water supply after Russia's massive Russian air assault on the Ukrainian capital overnight, the water service provider Kyivvodokanal reported on Facebook on Jan. 9.

9 January, 10:46 AM

Death toll rises to 3 in Kyiv after Russian missile strike on Sept. 7

The death toll from the record-breaking Russian attack on Kyiv on Sept. 7 has risen to three as rescuers recovered the body of another man from beneath the rubble of a destroyed nine-story apartment building, State Emergency Service wrote on Sept. 8.

8 September 2025, 11:16 AM

EU summons Russian diplomat over missile strike on Kyiv delegation building

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the EU will summon Russia’s ambassador to Brussels after a Russian missile strike damaged the bloc’s delegation building in Kyiv during a massive overnight attack, according to a post on her official account on X.

28 August 2025, 08:06 PM

Sybiha and 55 foreign diplomats visit site of Russian missile strike that killed 17 in Kyiv

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha visited the site of a deadly Russian missile strike in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district on Aug. 28, accompanied by the heads of 55 foreign diplomatic missions.

28 August 2025, 06:20 PM

Kremlin shrugs off deadly Kyiv strike, repeats call for ‘peace talks’

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Moscow remains “interested in peace talks” with Ukraine, just hours after Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone barrage on Kyiv that killed at least 18 people, including four children. He made the remarks at a briefing on Aug. 28, according to Russian state media.

28 August 2025, 05:32 PM

Russian missile strike damages Dobrobut clinic in Kyiv, forcing closure

A Dobrobut medical center on Antonovycha Street in Kyiv was damaged in a Russian missile strike overnight into Aug. 28 and will remain closed for the day, the healthcare network announced on Facebook.

28 August 2025, 03:48 PM

Lithuania and Austria condemn Russian strike on EU building in Kyiv, urge stronger support for Ukraine

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys and Austria’s Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger sharply condemned Russia’s overnight missile barrage on Kyiv on Aug. 28, which damaged the offices of the European Union delegation and the British Council.

28 August 2025, 03:14 PM

Klitschko: Russia’s latest strike on Kyiv among largest in recent memory

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Russia’s overnight attack on the capital on Aug. 28 was one of the most intense in recent months, according to a comment he gave to RBC-Ukraine.

28 August 2025, 12:50 PM

Death toll from Russian strike on Kyiv rises to 14, including three children; city declares day of mourning

Rescuers in Kyiv recovered three more bodies from under the rubble of a residential building on Aug. 28, raising the death toll from Russia’s overnight attack on the capital to 14, according to the city prosecutor’s office.

28 August 2025, 12:16 PM

Around 20 people survived in basement hit by Russian missile, local resident says

Roughly 20 people sheltering in the basement of a residential building in Kyiv survived a direct hit by a Russian missile overnight on Aug. 28, according to a resident of the building.

28 August 2025, 11:36 AM

Russia hits EU and British Council buildings in Kyiv

The European Union's representative office building was damaged in the overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha reported on X on Aug. 28, posting photos of the aftermath.

28 August 2025, 10:36 AM

Zelenskyy urges China and Hungary to stop shielding Russia with empty talk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the international community, including China and Hungary, to respond to Russia's massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv in his Aug. 28 Telegram post.

28 August 2025, 10:06 AM

Russian missile hits Kyiv apartment block: Seven feared buried

Seven people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of a five-story apartment building that was directly hit by a Russian missile in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko told NV on Aug. 28.

28 August 2025, 09:31 AM

Russia unleashes massive attack across Ukraine; blasts reported in Lviv, Lutsk, Rivne, Mukachevo and Zaporizhzhya

Despite U.S. efforts to push peace talks, Russia carried out a massive overnight assault on Ukraine with Shahed drones, cruise missiles and ballistic weapons ahead of Aug. 21. Western Ukraine and other regions came under fire, with explosions reported in Mukachevo, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Lutsk, Lviv, Rivne, Zaporizhzhya and Kyiv, where air defenses were active.

21 August 2025, 10:41 AM

Russian attack on Kyiv: Death toll climbs to 28, including 3 children

The death toll from the July 31 brutal Russian drone and missile barrage of the Ukrainian capital has risen to 28 people, including three children, the Kyiv City State Administration’s (KCSA) head Tymur Tkachenko reported on Telegram the following day.

1 August 2025, 08:40 AM

Russian attack: Up to 10 people under rubble of collapsed building

Rescuers have located a survivor under the rubble of the high-rise apartment building hit by a Russian missile overnight, NV’s photo correspondent Serhiy Okuniev reported from the site on July 31.

31 July 2025, 09:53 AM

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