[UPDATED: Oct. 22, 9:29 am
, Kyiv time. Updated with the latest casualty figures and new details of damage to Kyiv’s South Bridge metro infrastructure, an ambulance station and six emergency vehicles.
Updated with a report of one fatality and an increase in the number of injured to 22 following a Russian strike on Kyiv.
Updated with a report from the Ukrainian Air Force.
Updated with a report that the number of injured has risen to 24.]
Russian forces launched successive waves of ballistic missiles and attack drones against Kyiv overnight into Thursday, Oct. 22, killing one and injuring at least 24 people, including four children, and damaging a metro bridge, an ambulance station, residential buildings and civilian infrastructure across the Ukrainian capital.
Initially, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported in a Telegram update Thursday morning that the number of injured had risen from six to 15, including two 15-year-old children.
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However, the State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported at 7:55 a.m. that one person had been killed and 22 others injured, including four children, in Russian attacks on the capital.
In a statement issued at 9:21 a.m., the Kyiv City Military Administration said that 24 people had been injured, 16 of whom had been hospitalized.
Russian forces launched ballistic missile strikes on six districts of Kyiv starting on the evening of Oct. 21, causing fires and damage, the DSNS said:
Dniprovskyi district: One person was killed, and a child was hospitalized. Homes and vehicles were damaged, while residential and non-residential buildings caught fire. Five other people were injured.
Darnytskyi district: Transport infrastructure was damaged. No injuries were reported.
Sviatoshynskyi district: A non-residential building and a restaurant complex caught fire. The blaze, which covered 1,100 square meters, has been extinguished.
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Obolonskyi district: Non-residential buildings were damaged, and fires broke out. Two people were injured. The fires have been extinguished.
Pecherskyi district: Buildings, ambulances and a monastery were damaged. Eight people were injured, including three children.
Holosiivskyi district: Six people were injured when a non-residential building was struck.
The overnight bombardment also damaged metro infrastructure on Kyiv’s South (Pivdennyi) Bridge, prompting traffic restrictions on a key crossing over the Dnipro River.
In the central Pecherskyi district, Russian strikes damaged an ambulance station and six emergency medical vehicles, according to the mayor.
The latest attack marks another assault on essential civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, with Russian missiles hitting residential neighborhoods, transport facilities and emergency medical services.
Russian attack damages metro infrastructure on Kyiv’s South Bridge
The Russian bombardment also struck part of the capital’s metro infrastructure on the South Bridge, a major crossing connecting Kyiv’s two banks.
“As a result of the shelling, part of the metro infrastructure on the South Bridge was damaged,” Klitschko reported on Telegram.
The Kyiv City Military Administration announced traffic restrictions on the bridge in the direction from the right bank to the left bank because of the attack.
The bridge carries both road traffic and a section of Kyiv’s green metro line across the Dnipro.
Damage to the crossing adds pressure to Kyiv’s transport network as the capital faces repeated Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Ambulance station hit, six emergency vehicles damaged
Russian strikes also damaged an emergency medical facility in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district.
Klitschko confirmed that the damaged building was an ambulance station and that six ambulances had also sustained damage.
No medical personnel were injured, the mayor said.
The damage to emergency medical services came as ambulances and rescue crews were responding to casualties elsewhere in the capital.
Restaurant catches fire as residential areas come under attack
The overnight strikes also sparked a fire at a restaurant building in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district.
The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that the fire broke out following the Russian attack, adding another civilian site to the growing list of damaged properties.
Earlier Wednesday evening, Russian missiles struck residential buildings and businesses in Dniprovskyi district.
Klitschko reported direct hits on a vehicle repair workshop and a private residential building, while debris damaged another house.
Emergency crews were dispatched amid concerns that people could be trapped beneath the rubble.
At another location in the same district, missile debris fell near a gas station, causing additional damage.
In Darnytskyi district, a Russian strike hit the grounds of a transport infrastructure facility, according to the mayor.
Successive ballistic missile waves strike Kyiv overnight
Ukraine’s Air Force issued repeated warnings as Russian ballistic missiles approached the capital late Wednesday and after midnight Thursday.
The warnings began during Wednesday evening’s assault, when explosions were reported across Kyiv.
Further ballistic missile threats followed after midnight, including warnings shortly after 12 a.m. and another at approximately 12:31 a.m.
The Air Force also tracked Russian attack drones approaching the Kyiv region and subsequently warned of a drone over the capital.
The successive threats forced residents to remain in shelters as emergency crews responded to damage across multiple districts.
Air Force: Kyiv was the main target as Russia launched missiles and 210 UAVs
Russian forces launched a massive combined missile and drone attack against Ukraine beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 21, targeting Kyiv as the primary strike location, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
The attack involved Iskander-M and S-400 missiles, Zircon and Oniks missiles, and 210 strike drones, including jet-powered Shahed-type drones, Gerbera and Italmas drones, and Parodiya (Parody) decoy drones.
“The primary target of the strike was Kyiv,” the report said.
The attack was countered by Ukrainian Air Force aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare (EW) and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
As of 9 a.m. on Thursday, preliminary data showed that Ukrainian air defenses had shot down or suppressed 181 Russian drones, including 87 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, Gerbera drones and other types.
“Ten strike drones remain in the air; combat operations are ongoing! Do not ignore air raid alerts!” the Air Force warned at 9.01 a.m.
Russian weapons struck 32 locations, while debris from intercepted drones fell at eight other locations.
Russia continues bombardment amid renewed peace talks
The latest strikes came amid renewed US-led diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
On Wednesday, US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg after holding discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European officials earlier in the week.
The Kremlin subsequently signaled willingness to resume trilateral negotiations involving Ukraine, Russia and the US.
However, Moscow has not abandoned its territorial claims or its opposition to Ukraine joining NATO.
Meanwhile, Russian forces continue attacking Ukrainian cities and essential infrastructure as winter approaches.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly stressed that any negotiated settlement must include reliable security guarantees to prevent renewed Russian aggression.