Russia has launched a massive drone and missile strike on Ukraine overnight on Saturday, which has persisted for close to 10 hours at the time of publication.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said the attack struck multiple districts in the capital, killing at least one and injuring 15, leaving eight hospitalized as of Saturday morning. He added that the western part of the capital was without electricity following the strike, and that water pressure on the right bank of Kyiv was reduced.
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The Kyiv City Military Administration wrote at 7:54 a.m. that the death toll rose to two.
Kyiv Post correspondents reported intermittent blasts through the night near central Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district, a mix of air-defense intercepts and drone explosions.
Authorities issued air raid warnings at 10:55 p.m. on Friday, which remained in place as of 8:55 a.m. Saturday, with Russian drones and missiles continuing to target the capital throughout the night.
Klitschko wrote that as of 6:42 a.m., drone debris had hit multiple residential houses across five districts in Kyiv:
- Darnytskyi: Debris hit the roof of a 2-story building.
- Dnipro: Debris damaged two floors of a residential complex; fire extinguished.
- Shevchenkivskyi: Fire in a 14-story residential building; extinguished.
- Solomyanskyi:
- Garage fire in private property.
- Debris ignited a 25-story residential building; partial facade damage; cars burned; fire extinguished.
- Debris also hit the roof of a 17-story building with no fire.
- Svyatoshynskyi:
- Drone debris hit entrance of 3-story building; fire on 2nd floor extinguished.
- Additional fire in private sector due to falling debris.
Minutes later, Klitschko said the Russian attack was still underway and urged residents to stay in shelter. He later reported additional damage across several Kyiv districts, including more fires at the Solomyanskyi and Darnytskyi districts.
Drone debris was also found in the Holosiivskyi and Obolonskyi districts as of 8 a.m., according to Klitschko.
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The Ukrainian Air Force warned via Telegram of more missile launches toward Kyiv at around 7 a.m.
As of 8 a.m., the Ukrainian Air Force was still warning of incoming Russian drones in multiple cities, including Kyiv.
Fastiv, Brovary also hit
Local authorities also reported damage in five cities within the Kyiv region.
According to the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, the attack destroyed two floors of a residential building in Brovary, a city just east of Kyiv, and cut power to Fastiv, with the city running on backup power.
“Thus, six high-rise buildings were damaged in the Brovary district. In one of them, the ceiling between the 8th and 9th floors was destroyed. 52 people were evacuated from the building, including three children,” the administration wrote.
“As a result of the enemy attack, the city of Fastiv was temporarily without power. Currently, critical infrastructure here has switched to backup power. The water supply, sewage, gas supply, and communications systems are working,” it added.
Houses in the Obukhiv district, Vyshhorod and Buchanan districts were also damaged.
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