Russian overnight attack on Kyiv damages ambulance station and Pivdennyi Bridge, killing one and injuring 22
Photo source: SES
Overnight into October 22, Russian forces attacked the capital with several waves of missile strikes. The attacks damaged residential buildings, medical facilities, infrastructure, and a restaurant. Enemy strikes killed one person and injured 22 others.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko, the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA), and the State Emergency Service (SES) reported this, according to Rubryka.
Russian troops struck Kyiv in several waves. The first powerful explosions echoed in the capital before midnight. According to monitoring channels, Russian troops used missiles from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system at the start of the attack. Preliminary data indicate they launched about 6 to 8 missiles during the first wave.
After the initial strikes, reports confirmed destruction and falling debris in the Dniprovskyi and Darnytskyi districts, with six people initially reported injured.
Photo source: SES
In the Dniprovskyi district, a missile strike formed a large crater in the private sector and damaged private residential houses. The KCMA reported that people might remain trapped under the rubble.
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In the Darnytskyi district, a strike hit the territory of a transport infrastructure facility. According to Vitalii Klychko, Russian forces also hit a service station building and a private residential house. Additionally, debris damaged another private house in this district. At one location, debris fell near a gas station, which was also damaged. Preliminary reports indicate casualties at that site.
Around 2:00 a.m., Russian troops launched a second attack on Kyiv. Monitoring channels reported missile launches from Voronezh, noting that the weapons used included Zircon missiles.
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The third wave of the attack began around 3:00 a.m., with reports of Iskander missile launches from Bryansk and Zircon launches from Kursk. Roughly half an hour later, explosions shook the capital again; monitoring channels indicated that Russian forces attacked with Oniks-M missiles from Kursk.
In total, from late evening through the night, Russian forces launched at least 25 Iskander, Oniks, and Zircon missiles at Kyiv and its outskirts.
In the Pecherskyi district, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported damage to a medical facility building. The strike also hit an ambulance station building, damaging six ambulances. None of the station staff suffered injuries.
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In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a Russian attack set a restaurant building on fire.
Vitalii Klychko reported that the shelling damaged part of the subway infrastructure on the Pivdennyi Bridge.
The Kyiv City Military Administration clarified that authorities restricted traffic across the bridge from the right to the left bank.
The subway operator also altered train schedules on the capital metro's green Syretsko-Pecherska line. Trains currently operate in separate sections: between Syrets and Vydubychi stations, and between Osokorky and Chervonyi Khutir stations.
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In the morning, the SES reported that the Russian shelling in the Dniprovskyi district killed one person.
In total, 22 people sustained injuries following the Russian attack, including four children. Eight injured victims required hospitalization in city hospital wards.
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Rescuers added that Russian troops launched ballistic strikes across six capital districts, causing fires and destruction:
- Dniprovskyi district: One person died, and rescuers hospitalized a child. The attack damaged houses and cars and set residential and non-residential buildings ablaze. Five other people sustained injuries.
- Darnytskyi district: The attack damaged transport infrastructure. No casualties were reported.
- Sviatoshynskyi district: A non-residential building and a restaurant complex caught fire. Emergency crews extinguished the fire, which covered an area of 1,100 square meters.
- Obolonskyi district: Fires broke out after non-residential buildings sustained damage. Two people were injured. Firefighters extinguished the blazes.
- Pecherskyi district: The attack damaged buildings, ambulances, and a monastery. Eight people sustained injuries, including three children.
- Holosiivskyi district: A hit on a non-residential building injured six people.
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Meanwhile, the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) announced that due to temporary operational changes on the metro's green line, transit authorities will increase the number of buses on route No. 22 from 10 to 12.
Five of these buses will operate on a shortened route from Trostianetska Street to the Lybidska subway station. The KCSA explained that this measure will help reduce transit congestion in this section.
Route No. 91 will operate five buses instead of three.
The city administration urged passengers to consider these temporary changes when planning their trips.
Background
As previously reported, Russian drones repeatedly attacked the capital throughout October 20. On the morning of October 20, a Russian drone fell near a gas station in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, killing one person.
Among the targeted facilities was the Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology, where a Russian drone hit an operating room—marking the second strike on this institution.
By late evening, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko reported that a Russian drone struck an energy facility in the capital's Shevchenkivskyi district.
