Emergency authorities confirmed that 46 people were wounded, including five children, while rescue operations continue across multiple districts where residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were heavily damaged.
Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said more than 20 locations across the city were struck, with high-rise apartment blocks among the primary targets. Three additional deaths were reported in the wider Kyiv region.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said ballistic missiles triggered fires in residential complexes, while three apartment buildings partially collapsed. Emergency crews are working to reach residents trapped under rubble as search-and-rescue operations continue.
Helicopters were deployed to support firefighting efforts, drawing water from nearby rivers to contain multiple blazes across the city.
Residents again sought shelter in underground metro stations as air raid sirens sounded, reflecting the scale of the overnight assault.
The attacks took place ahead of a NATO summit in Turkey, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet international leaders, including former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Zelensky had earlier warned that intelligence indicated Russia was preparing a second large-scale strike on Kyiv following Thursday’s attack that killed at least 30 people.
Ukraine accused Russia of targeting civilian areas, while Moscow maintained it was striking military and energy infrastructure in response to Ukrainian operations on Russian territory.
The conflict has continued to intensify, with reports of temporary power disruptions in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea following Ukrainian strikes. Kyiv has also increased its attacks on military targets in the peninsula.
Ahead of the NATO meeting, President Zelensky called on allies to speed up the delivery of air defense systems, warning that delays could lead to further civilian casualties.
He also urged the United States to approve local production of Patriot missile systems to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
