KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones on Ukraine’s capital overnight into Monday, leaving at least three people dead, according to authorities. The assault began just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had publicly warned that a major Russian strike was on the way.
Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s City Military Administration, reported via Telegram that a residential building in the Podilskyi district partially collapsed during the attack. In the Darnytsia district, multiple high-rise buildings sustained damage, and rescuers believed people were trapped beneath the debris.
“These are residential buildings. Places where people slept and lived their ordinary lives,” Tkachenko wrote.
The strike, which was still ongoing in the early hours of Monday morning, involved multiple waves of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. The sounds of explosions rang out across Kyiv as residents fled to underground metro stations seeking safety.
Monday’s attack follows a deadly combined Russian strike just days earlier that claimed the lives of at least 31 people in the capital. In a late Sunday Telegram post, Zelenskyy again urged Western allies to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense systems, specifically calling for more Patriot missiles. He argued that allowing those supplies to run low only encourages Russia to continue its four-year war against Ukraine.
