Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the latest information.
Russia launched an attack on Kyiv overnight on Oct. 25, once again targeting Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv just before 4 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground.
At least two people were killed and 12 injured in the attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
One of the victims initially reported among the injured died in the hospital, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, added.
“No ammunition, no military production. Russian terrorists are hitting our civilian and residential infrastructure with ballistic missiles. All we see is pure terror,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram later in the day.
The attack came just days after Russia’s most recent large-scale attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Oct. 22. The missile and drone attack on energy infrastructure across Ukraine killed six people and injured at least 44.
Russia has intensified its attacks on energy infrastructure in recent weeks ahead of winter, forcing Ukraine to introduce blackouts. Klitschko warned on Oct. 23 that Kyiv is preparing for what could be the most challenging winter since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Russia launched nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Russia’s Rostov and Kursk oblasts overnight, along with 62 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.
Air defenses intercepted 50 drones and four missiles, but 12 drones and five missiles struck four locations.
Following the attack, Tkachenko reported that multiple fires had broken out at “several locations on the left bank of the city.” The “left bank” refers to the part of Kyiv located east of the Dnipro River.
According to the State Emergency Service, aviation, robotics, and unmanned systems are involved in extinguishing fires caused by the attack.
The fires have been localized and are not spreading, the service added.
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko said that firefighters have been deployed to the Darnytskyi and Desnianskyi districts of the city.
Large fires have been reported at non-residential buildings in the Desnianskyi and Darnytskyi districts, while in the Dniprovskyi district, the strike damaged windows, vehicles, and left a crater in the yard of a residential building, local officials said.
A kindergarten was also damaged in the Dniprovskyi district.
Russia has upgraded its already devastating glide bombs
Russia has begun using long-range glide bombs, known as KABs, to hit residential areas deep behind the front line. In the last week, Moscow has, for the first time, targeted Mykolaiv, Poltava, and the city of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast with these weapons. Lozova, located 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the front line, was hit by a UMPB-5R bomb on Oct. 18 that struck a residential neighborhood, injuring five civilians and destroying multiple homes. On Oct. 24, Odesa was reportedly attacked by KABs
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