Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv kills one and injures 10, damaging medical facilities and student accommodation – photos
Russia attacked the city of Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the evening of 26 October. One person has been killed and 10 injured, including students living in a hall of residence.
Source: Ukraine's Air Force; monitoring Telegram channels; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Details: At 21:41, the Air Force warned of a ballistic missile threat from the Russian city of Bryansk.
Several subsequent reports said missiles were heading towards Kyiv from Chernihiv Oblast.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv a few minutes later.
Klitschko said a strike had been recorded near one of the metro stations in the Desnianskyi district.
Update: Klitschko later reported that a medical facility in the Dniprovskyi district had been damaged in the attack.
The blast wave shattered windows in the intensive care unit.
Windows were also shattered in two departments at another medical facility in the same district.
No patients or medical staff were injured.
A building in a non-residential area of the Dniprovskyi district was also hit. Early reports indicated that one person had been killed near a nearby supermarket.
Klitschko added that two emergency medical workers who had arrived at the scene were among those injured: a paramedic and an emergency medical technician. Their injuries were not believed to be critical.
A strike was recorded near a residential building in the Desnianskyi district. People may have been trapped inside, according to early reports.
As of 22:41, five people had been injured in the capital.
The number of people injured later rose to seven.
Kyiv City Military Administration reported that student accommodation belonging to an educational institution had been damaged in the Desnianskyi district.
Klitschko wrote that a 20-year-old woman had been injured near the building.
As of 23:24, one person is known to have been killed and 10 injured in the attack. Most of those injured are students from a university hall of residence.
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