A Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv killed 14 people and injured at least 22, according to Ukrainian officials; the attack occurred after midnight on Wednesday and marked one of the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian capital this year.

Attack Details and Casualty Distribution

The head of Kyiv’s military administration, Timur Tkachenko, said the “enemy is once again massively attacking the Kyiv region.” Air raid alerts were in place for more than an hour as waves of ballistic missiles hit the city and its outskirts.

Kyiv’s military administration reported that the barrage damaged residential buildings and warehouses; Tkachenko specified that nine people were killed in the Boryspil district, four in the Bucha district, and one in the Fastiv district.

Official Statements and Targets

The Russian defense ministry claimed it had struck logistics hubs and supply centers in Kyiv and the surrounding region. “These centres were involved in the storage, delivery of various weapons and military supplies, as well as in the production and distribution of unmanned aerial vehicles,” it said.

The ministry also said it had hit three cargo vessels “which were transporting weapons and military equipment” near the Black Sea port of Odesa, while Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko expressed concerns that people could be trapped under rubble after strikes on the city center.

Klitschko noted on Telegram that four of the injured people were in serious condition; Kyiv’s military administration stated that “the enemy is once again deliberately striking civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

Broader Conflict and Responses

Russia has intensified attacks on Kyiv in recent weeks, while Ukraine has also increased its attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, including power facilities, Ukraine has repeatedly targeted depots of the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries.

Five people were killed and 10 wounded in the Moscow region on Tuesday morning in the most recent strikes on Wildberries warehouses, the day before, Russian officials reported seven people killed and 58 injured in a drone attack on a busy beach in the southern Krasnodar region.

Ukraine expressed outrage over a video showing a man chased by a drone in Kherson, calling it a deliberate “hunt” and “safari” targeting civilians — Both sides have denied deliberately targeting civilians. Ukraine has urged allies for more US-made Patriot missile interceptors to defend against Russian ballistic attacks.