[UPDATED: Dec. 27, 2:52 pm
, Kyiv time. Updated with the latest details of the Kyiv attack and confirmation of a fatality.
Updated with the increased number of injured in Kyiv.]
As a result of a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv that began early Saturday morning, Dec. 27, strikes were recorded in seven districts of the capital.
Casualties have been reported, and drones are still being detected on approaches to the city.
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Kyiv Post correspondents in multiple districts reported ongoing explosions.
The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote in his latest Telegram update:
“The Russian terrorist attack on the capital has been going on almost all night. Currently, we have a number of locations in seven districts of Kyiv that have been affected by enemy shelling.”
According to him, in the Solomianskyi district, Russian forces struck a university dormitory. Preliminary reports from local media indicate it was a dormitory of the Kyiv National Aviation University, with damage at the level of the ninth floor.
In the Darnytskyi district, a hit was recorded on a 24-story residential building. At another address, houses in the private sector caught fire.
In the Dniprovskyi district, an 18-story residential building was damaged on the fourth floor, where a fire broke out.
In the Desnianskyi district, a nine-story building was damaged on the first floor.
Earlier, in the Shevchenkivskyi district, a fire erupted on the 10th floor of a residential building.
Elsewhere in the city, cars were set ablaze, a garage cooperative was damaged, and windows were shattered.
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“Eight people are known to have been injured, including a 16-year-old child. The attack is ongoing. Air targets are approaching Kyiv,” Tkachenko wrote.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko later said that 11 people were injured, 8 of them hospitalized, while Tkachenko added that 2 children were among the wounded.
Klitschko also said that in the Dniprovskyi district, where a UAV struck an 18-story building, a fire broke out on the third floor, and there may be a person trapped under the rubble on the fifth floor. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Moreover, in that district debris struck a 25-story residential building, with reports indicating a fire on the first and second floors.
In addition, a depot was hit in the same area, to which emergency services are responding.
The Kyiv City Administration reported that fires broke out across the capital as a result of overnight shelling. Smog formed over the city; however, as of the morning, atmospheric air pollution levels in Kyiv remain low.
Later, Klitschko said that a service station caught fire in the Holosivskyi district.
As a result of the attack, nearly a third of the capital is currently without heat supply, and some areas on the left bank are experiencing power outages. Energy workers are working to restore electricity.
As per the latest report from the the State Emergency Service (DSNS), one person has died and 27 were injured in Kyiv as a result of the attack, including two children. Rescuers continue working at sites affected by missile and drone strikes across Kyiv.
In the Dniprovskyi district, several residential high-rises were hit. Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a 25-story building. Emergency structures are being dismantled, and a fire in an administrative building has also been put out.
In the Darnytskyi district, drones targeted both residential and private buildings. Two two-story homes in the private sector caught fire but were quickly localized. A total of 68 people with limited mobility were evacuated from a home for the elderly.
A 24-story building was also damaged, with a fire ongoing between the 12th and technical floors. Falling debris also caused damage to cars.
In the Desnyanskyi district, a UAV struck a nine-story residential building, and firefighters successfully extinguished the fire.
In the Obolonskyi district, debris hit a three-story private home. The fire was extinguished, and work is ongoing to dismantle and reinforce damaged structures.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a UAV struck a 10-story building, causing a fire. Evacuation and search operations for possible victims are still underway.
According to the latest report from the city authorities, one person has been killed in Kyiv and 30 others injured in the attack on the capital, with 10 of the wounded hospitalized.
Earlier Saturday, Russian forces also attacked the Kyiv region, according to the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration (OVA), Mykola Kalashnyk.
“The terrorist country continues to wage war against the civilian population. The enemy is deliberately striking critical infrastructure facilities and people’s homes,” Kalashnyk wrote.
He reported that a resident of the Ivano-Frankivsk region was injured during the attack while driving a truck in the Kyiv region, suffering shrapnel wounds to his back. The man was hospitalized and is receiving medical care.
According to the DSNS, during the missile strike in the Vyshhorod district, one person was found under the rubble of a destroyed house. The victim was rescued and handed over to doctors.
However, the latest DSNS report reads that in this district one woman has died and five others have been injured.
In the Boryspil district, production facilities and two cars were damaged.
In the Bucha district, a fire broke out at a construction site.
In the Obukhiv district, premises belonging to a communal enterprise were damaged.
Meanwhile, Poland scrambled fighter jets due to the threat of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces reported on X.
“Due to the activity of long-range Russian aviation striking the territory of Ukraine, military aircraft began operating in Polish airspace,” the command said.
Polish fighter jets were deployed, while ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems were placed on high alert.
“These actions are preventive in nature and are aimed at ensuring security and protecting airspace, particularly in areas adjacent to those under threat,” the statement said.
The Operational Command added that the situation is being monitored and that its forces remain ready to respond.
According to a report from the Ukrainian Air Force, starting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 26, Russia launched a massive combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, primarily targeting the Kyiv region, using a mix of strike drones and air-, sea-, and ground-based missiles.
In total, Moscow deployed 559 attack assets, including 40 missiles and 519 drones of various types:
- 519 strike UAVs, primarily Shahed and Gerbera types, with around 300 being Shaheds;
- 10 ballistic/aeroballistic missiles (Iskander-M/Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal”);
- 7 cruise missiles (Iskander-K/Kalibr);
- 21 cruise missiles Kh-101;
- 2 cruise missiles Kh-22.
By 1 p.m. on Dec. 27, Ukrainian air defenses had intercepted or suppressed 503 of these targets:
- 474 Shahed and Gerbera UAVs;
- 6 Kinzhal ballistic/aeroballistic missiles;
- 4 Iskander-K/Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 19 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
- Impacts were recorded at 30 locations, including 10 missiles and 25 strike UAVs, while fragments from downed drones and missiles fell in 16 locations.
Additionally, one missile failed to reach its target, and the status of 15 UAVs remains under verification.
This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.