Four people were killed and more than 50 others injured after a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv and surrounding regions overnight into Sunday.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko described it as “a terrible night”, with explosions reported across all districts of the capital and damage to residential buildings, schools, and other infrastructure.
Three children were among the injured, while emergency services continued search and rescue operations at multiple locations.
The strikes followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had vowed retaliation after accusing Ukraine of an attack on a student dormitory in Starobilsk that left 18 people dead.
Ukraine’s military confirmed it had carried out an operation near Starobilsk, claiming it targeted an elite Russian unit stationed in the occupied eastern region.
The latest assault came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a possible large-scale combined strike on Ukrainian territory based on intelligence reports from Ukraine, Europe and the United States.
Officials said the attack struck more than 40 locations across Kyiv, with falling debris causing fires in residential buildings, warehouses, supermarkets and a shopping centre.
A residential building in the Shevchenko district was hit, killing one person after a fire broke out on the upper floors, while another strike near a school air-raid shelter trapped several people inside.
In the wider Kyiv region, two more people were confirmed killed, according to regional authorities, who described the assault as “deliberate terror against peaceful people”.
Emergency teams remain deployed across affected areas as rescue and recovery operations continue.
