[UPDATED: Oct. 27, 9:01 am
, Kyiv time. Updated with details on damage to the university campus, student dormitories and medical facilities, as well as Zelensky’s warnings of further strikes, people possibly trapped under rubble.
Updated with reports that the casualty toll has risen to 15.]
Russian ballistic missiles struck a university campus and surrounding residential areas in Kyiv late Monday, Oct. 26, killing at least one person and injuring over 10 others, most of them students, as emergency crews searched damaged buildings for people feared trapped under rubble.
The strikes hit the grounds of a university near Kyoto Park and Lisova metro station on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, damaging student dormitories, residential buildings, and medical facilities.
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Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said nine of the wounded were hospitalized, including three in serious condition.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that further strikes were possible as Russian Shahed drone attacks continued against the capital and other Ukrainian cities.
“There is extensive damage, and there are also reports that people may be trapped under the rubble,” Zelensky wrote on social media.
The Ukrainian leader stressed that the missiles struck crowded civilian areas where, he said, there were no military facilities nearby.
“Unfortunately, there may be more strikes coming,” Zelensky added.
At 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) reported that the number of casualties had risen to 15.
“Overnight, the enemy attacked the capital with ballistic missiles and [unmanned aerial vehicles] UAVs. As a result of the Russian Federation’s terrorist actions, damage has been recorded in three districts of Kyiv,” the report reads.
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Of the 15 casualties, 12 have been hospitalized.
According to the State Emergency Service (DSNS), two fires broke out in non-residential buildings in the Obolonskyi district. Rescuers have extinguished both fires. Two casualties were reported in the district.
In the Holosiivskyi district, the Russian attack damaged transport infrastructure.
University campus and student dormitories damaged
The university affected by the attack was identified as the State University of Trade and Economics (SUTE), located on Kyoto Street in Kyiv’s Desnianskyi district.
The institution, founded in 1946, is one of the capital’s major public universities, with more than 15,000 students across six faculties, according to its official profile.
The university specializes in economics, international trade, finance, law, information technology, and management.
Russia’s ballistic strike landed near a university dormitory, shattering windows and injuring residents, according to Klitschko.
The mayor initially reported that a 20-year-old woman was hospitalized following the strike near the dormitory.
In a subsequent update, Klitschko said most of the 10 people injured in the attack were students living in university accommodation. Nine were taken to hospital.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported damage to university buildings, dormitories and nearby residential properties.
KMVA also reported damage to a school building in the Desnianskyi district.
A paramedic and an emergency medical technician suffered injuries after their ambulance came under fire in the Desnianskyi district, according to the mayor. Their injuries were not considered critical.
A strike near Lisova metro station also set a private vehicle on fire, while nearby residential infrastructure sustained damage.
In the Dniprovskyi district, a three-story non-residential building was partially destroyed, with emergency workers discovering the body of one person in its basement, according to the State Emergency Service.
The destruction extended across residential, educational and medical facilities in the two districts.
Zelensky urges allies to accelerate air defense deliveries
Zelensky renewed his call for faster deliveries of Western air defense systems and ammunition, warning that delays were leaving Ukrainian cities vulnerable to further Russian missile strikes.
He said Ukraine continued to face a constant threat from ballistic missiles that could strike populated areas with little warning.
Under such circumstances, he argued, “artificial delays in providing air defense to Ukraine help terror.”
The president called for political agreements on defense assistance to be implemented promptly, stressing that Ukraine needed sufficient weapons not only to intercept incoming missiles but also to destroy Russian launchers.
The latest attack came amid an intensified Russian missile and drone campaign against Ukraine, with Kyiv’s residential neighborhoods, transport facilities, and civilian infrastructure repeatedly affected.