Russia Forces Hit Kyiv, Resulting in No Less Than 14 Fatalities, Targets Ukraine Nationwide

An overnight attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, resulted in at least 14 deaths, according to Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration. Russian strikes were reported across the country.

Tkachenko stated, “According to initial reports, there are already 14 deaths in Kyiv,” and added that rescuers were still searching the rubble for victims.

Various districts in Kyiv were hit by waves of Russian drones and missiles, damaging an apartment building and causing fires. City officials confirmed that drones swarmed over the capital and what sounded like missiles were heard overhead. An air raid alert remained in effect for over seven hours.

Attacks were also reported in other parts of the country, including areas outside the capital and the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where the regional governor reported at least four strikes.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that many of the casualties were in the Solomianskyi district, near the city center, where a drone damaged the top floor of an apartment building and other non-residential areas.

Tkachenko noted 12 strikes in five districts. Among the targets was a kindergarten on the city’s eastern edge.

Tkachenko also mentioned that the Solomianskyi district had experienced waves of drone attacks.

This has been a very challenging night,” he wrote, also mentioning power cuts in some areas.

Ukraine and Russia have been launching mass drone attacks in recent weeks, despite holding two sessions of direct talks to end the ongoing war. The talks have only produced agreements on freeing prisoners of war and returning the bodies of fallen soldiers, with little progress otherwise.

Klitschko reported the death of a 62-year-old US citizen in a building near a site providing medical assistance. Further details on the cause of death were not available.

In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that two Ukrainian drones approached the city and air defenses responded. The city’s airports were briefly closed.