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Russia launched a major overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital Kiev with drones and ballistic missiles, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s Air Force had warned on Telegram during the night of a possible Russian attack involving the new Oreshnik medium-range missile.<\/p>\n
Kiev military administrator Tymur Tkachenko said 40 buildings had been damaged. At least one person was killed and around 20 others were injured, he wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n
Mayor Vitali Klitschko also reported numerous damaged buildings, including high-rises and at least one school. He urged residents of the city to remain in shelters in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Kyiv Independent reported a “series of explosions” in the capital. According to initially unconfirmed reports, Russia may also have used hypersonic and cruise missiles in the attack.<\/p>\n
The Times of Ukraine reported on Telegram that numerous fires had broken out in the city, including one near the government district.<\/p>\n
Other parts of Ukraine were also targeted. The full extent of the Russian attack wave and its consequences were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n
In neighbouring Poland, the military said on X that air defences had been placed on alert and military aircraft had taken off in response to the Russian attacks in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Poland has repeatedly put its air defences on alert during major attacks in Ukraine, sometimes with fighter jets from NATO partners also taking off.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had warned on Saturday evening that an Oreshnik attack was expected. Citing intelligence information, he said Kiev was also at risk.<\/p>\n
Zelensky warned of a possible combined Russian attack involving different types of weapons and urged people to seek shelter during air raid alerts.<\/p>\n
It initially remained unclear whether Russia had actually used an Oreshnik medium-range missile in the overnight attack on Kiev.<\/p>\n
Russia has used the ballistic missile, which has a particularly high destructive power, twice before in its war against Ukraine – once without warheads in the south-eastern city of Dnipro and most recently in western Ukraine in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n