Districts across Kyiv were under a “massive” attack early Friday morning local time, the capital’s mayor said, confirming on-the-ground reports and social media clips of apartment buildings ablaze.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko called the latest strike a “massive enemy attack,” saying air defense forces were in operation. At least 11 people were wounded, five of whom were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman and a man in “extremely serious condition,” Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
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The local Hromadske media outlet posted on X that a seven-year-old child was among the wounded.
Eleven people were injured in Kyiv (including a pregnant women) and six more in Kyiv region (including a child, 7) in the Russian attack this night, according to Kyiv mayor and the head of Kyiv region military administration (see the screenshot below). In a location of at least… pic.twitter.com/UmlnjqByOC
— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) November 14, 2025
“Sections of heating networks were damaged,” Klitschko wrote, with some buildings in northeastern Desnyansky district left without heat. It was about 40 degrees Farenheit at the time of the attack.
Missiles and drones targeted critical infrastructure facilities in the capital, said the head of the Kyiv’s regional military administration, Mykola Kalashnyk.
The capital’s military chief, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on social media that “Russians are hitting residential buildings. There are a lot of damaged high-rise buildings throughout Kyiv, almost in every district.”
Klitschko reported fires or damage to buildings in 8 of Kyiv’s 10 districts, saying medical emergency teams were deployed to all of them, and AFP reported that a fire broke out on the roof of a 5-story residential building in Solomyansky district, a transport hub near the capital’s major airport.
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One X user reported that four Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were used in the attack.
🇺🇦 Loud explosions are currently occurring in Kyiv.
— Juan monzon carrillo (@Juanmonzoncarr2) November 14, 2025
The capital of Ukraine is under attack by Russian Geranium kamikaze drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.
In addition, four Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have struck targets in the Kyiv region.🙋👇🏻👇🏻 https://t.co/uAjVRQfFYn
The Kremlin has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent months, damaging energy and natural gas facilities that supply much of the country’s heating fuel. Most of the capital was left in the dark earlier this month after another such strike.
About three weeks ago, Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack strike on Kyiv, with residential buildings hit in several districts. Klitschko reported at the time that two people were killed and five injured, including a two-year-old child.
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