Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv early Saturday, striking four districts and injuring at least six people, Ukrainian officials said.
The first explosions were heard at around 3:38 a.m., before air-raid sirens sounded in the capital at 3:40 a.m. and in the surrounding region at 3:54 a.m.
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“The enemy is attacking the capital with missiles. Please remain in safe places,” Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko later confirmed that the city had been targeted with ballistic missiles.
“The number of injured in the capital has risen to six,” Tkachenko reported.
Three people were hospitalized, while three others received medical assistance at the scene. Officials did not immediately provide further details on their conditions.
The strikes affected four districts of Kyiv, damaging civilian non-residential buildings in the Dniprovskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. Authorities were still assessing the full extent of the damage.
Preliminary reports from Ukrainian monitoring channels suggested Russia may have used Iskander-M ballistic missiles or S-300/S-400 missiles launched from Russia’s Bryansk region. Ukrainian officials had not yet confirmed the exact missile types.
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