BREAKING NEWS: Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles: there are victims and injured. An ambulance full of doctors was hit. UPDATE

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The mayor of Kyiv added that an ambulance crew that was on its way to respond to a call came under fire.

On Monday evening, October 26, Russian occupiers launched ballistic missiles at the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on the consequences in his Telegram .

According to Klitschko, a hit occurred near a metro station in the Desnyanskyi district.

Firefighter spraying water on smoldering debris at night

Updated 23:14: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Russian ballistic missiles hit the territory of one of the universities in Kyiv.

“It is not yet known exactly how many people were injured. But, unfortunately, there are victims. There are injured. Rescue work is ongoing. There is a lot of damage, and there is information that people may be under the rubble. All services are on the ground and doing their job – rescuing people,” his post says.

Zelensky stressed that the missile strikes occurred in very crowded places, and there are no military facilities nearby.

Updated 22:54: According to Klitschko, there are already 7 victims in the capital, 6 wounded are in hospital in city hospitals.

At the same time, the Kyiv City Military Administration noted that damage was recorded to the educational institution’s dormitory.

Updated 10:45 PM: Klitschko reported entering a residential building, people may be blocked.

“In the Desniansky district, there was a hit near a residential building. People may have been blocked in it beforehand.”

The mayor of Kyiv also added that five victims are already known to have been hospitalized.

According to Klitschko, a hit occurred near a metro station in the Desnyanskyi district.

“In the Desnyanskyi district, a preliminary report states that a car was hit near one of the metro stations. A car is on fire. Emergency services are heading to the scene,” the report says.

The mayor of Kyiv also added that an ambulance crew that was on its way to respond to a call came under fire. There are likely to be casualties.

“An ambulance team of doctors who were on their way to respond to a call came under fire. Preliminary reports indicate that there are casualties,” Klitschko said.

He later wrote that medical facilities in the Dnipro district were damaged as a result of the Russian attack.

“As a result of enemy shelling, one of the medical facilities in the Dnipro district was damaged. The blast wave shattered windows in the intensive care unit. There are no casualties at this time. In another medical facility in this area, windows were also shattered in two departments. Patients and medical staff were not injured,” the mayor of Kyiv informed.

Klitschko reported one death as a result of the Russian attack:

“In the Dnipro district, there was also a hit on a building in a non-residential area. Previously, there was a deceased person near one of the supermarkets.”

(C)UNIAN 2026