Russia batters Kyiv overnight, one dead as missiles and drones hit all districts

Russia launched a sweeping overnight missile and drone assault across Kyiv, damaging homes and killing one person. The strike underlined the intensifying pressure on the capital as residents sheltered for hours.

In Short

• Russia launched missiles and drones, striking all 10 Kyiv districts overnight
• One person died and at least 11 others were injured citywide
• Residents rushed to metro shelters after early warnings from Ukrainian authorities

Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv into Thursday, with intense strikes causing loud explosions and shaking the Ukrainian capital for hours. Residential buildings were damaged, and officials said one person was killed and at least 11 others were injured.

The attack involved ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones, and affected all 10 districts of the city on both sides of the Dnipro River. Many residents took shelter at metro stations after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other authorities issued the first warnings.

Russia has stepped up attacks on Kyiv in recent weeks, even as Ukraine's long-range drone campaign against Russian military sites and energy facilities has caused fuel shortages and disrupted supply lines inside Russia. Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to remain in shelters, describing an ongoing "furious enemy attack" on the capital.

Klitschko said five people were injured in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and one of them, a paramedic, was in an extremely critical condition. In the Desnianskyi district, people were trapped inside a damaged nine-storey residential building and rescuers were heading to the scene. In the Holosiivskyi district, a fire broke out on the roof of a multistorey building.

In the Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts, fires broke out in homes and debris trapped people in buildings. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said the attack partially destroyed a residential building in the Desnianskyi district, sparked fires near residential buildings at two locations in the Pecherskyi district, and ignited a fire near an administrative building in the Solomianskyi district. He added that authorities were also recording damage in the Obolonskyi and Podilskyi districts.

The overnight assault hit districts across Kyiv, damaging homes and other buildings, leaving one person dead and several injured as residents sheltered across the city during hours of missile and drone strikes.

With PTI Inputs

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