Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
One person was killed and 22 others were injured in a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Aug. 5.
As of 2:10 a.m. local time, damage had been recorded at more than seven locations across the city, including the Holosiivskyi, Obolonskyi, Desnianskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi districts, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration.
Earlier, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people had been rescued from beneath the rubble of a collapsed warehouse in the Holosiivskyi district. Search and rescue operations were ongoing, and additional people could still be trapped, he said.
In the Obolonskyi district, a fire broke out in a 20-story residential building after it was struck by a missile. Another residential building also caught fire, while fires were reported at two warehouse sites.
In the Desnianskyi district, a warehouse caught fire, and missile debris fell near a residential building, Klitschko said.
Authorities also reported a large fire in the Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi district outside the capital. Emergency services were responding to the affected sites.
Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground first heard loud explosions shortly after 12:20 a.m. local time and said multiple ballistic missiles struck the city. Explosions continued to rock the capital for the next hour.
During that time, Ukraine’s Air Force repeatedly warned of additional ballistic missiles heading toward Kyiv before issuing drone alerts beginning at 1:09 a.m. local time.
“Kyiv and the region are under ballistic attack. More missiles at the city,” Klitschko wrote in an earlier update. He later warned that missiles were still heading toward the capital and urged residents to remain in shelters.
The attack comes days after another large-scale Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv on Aug. 1 killed at least nine people and injured more than 30 others.