Attack on Kyiv. Two people are dead, dozens injured, hundreds of thousands of houses without electricity
2025-12-27 14:02
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2025-12-27 14:02
A Russian attack using missiles and drones killed two civilians on Saturday; one in Kiev and Bila Tserkva in the Kiev Oblast, said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko. Ukrainian air defense neutralized 503 airborne targets.
“One person was killed and over 20 injured in the capital. Nearly 10 hits on civilian objects were registered in the (Kiev) oblast. One person was also killed in Bila Tserkva,” said Klymenko, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.
According to data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, 14 people were injured in the Kiev Oblast, including five in Bila Tserkva. The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, reported about 30 injured in the capital.
According to a statement from the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian troops used a total of 40 missiles and 519 drones in the attack. Air defenses disabled a total of 503 targets, including six Iskander-M/Kh-47M2 Kindzhal ballistic/hypersonic missiles (out of 10 fired), 19 Kh-101 missiles (out of 21 fired), four Iskander-K/Kalibr missiles (out of seven fired) and 474 Shahed-131/136 or similar drones.
In the capital of Ukraine, over 2,600 residential buildings, 187 health care facilities, 138 schools and kindergartens were left without heating as a result of the attack. About 320 thousand customers in the Kiev Oblast are deprived of electricity supplies. The temperature in Kiev is around zero. (PAP)
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Almost 500 drones and 40 rockets
Russia used nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles on Saturday for the attack, the main target of which was the Ukrainian capital, wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Telegram messenger. According to mayor Vitali Klitschko, 22 people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv.
“The main target is Kiev: energy and civil infrastructure. Unfortunately, residential buildings are also hit,” Zelensky said, adding that rescue services and renovation teams are working on energy infrastructure facilities that were damaged during the attacks.
The president referred to talks on concluding peace with Russia.
“Russian representatives are conducting long talks, but in fact Kindzhaly and Shahedy are speaking for them. This is the true attitude of Putin and his entourage,” Zelensky wrote, adding that Russia does not want to end the war. At the same time, Zelensky called on the US and European countries to increase pressure on the Kremlin and support Ukraine's defense capabilities, especially when it comes to air defense systems.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also commented on the Russian attack. “Russia's only response to peace efforts is a brutal attack using hundreds of drones and missiles on Kiev and other cities and regions,” wrote Andriy Sybiha on the X platform.
According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one third of Kiev is without heat. Local authorities reported that in the Ukrainian capital, more than 2,600 residential buildings, 187 health care facilities, 138 schools and kindergartens were without heating. About 320 thousand customers in the Kiev Oblast are deprived of electricity supplies. (PAP)
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