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Russian ballistic missile attack against Kyiv kills 2, injures 8 after day of drone strikes

24 September 2026 08:16 (UTC +04:00)

Two people were killed, and 8 others were injured as Russian ballistic missile explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Sept. 24, Kyiv Independent reports.

At the same time missiles were battering the capital, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting with members of the U.S. Congress, discussing the recently passed Lindsey Graham law while attending the U.N. General Assembly.

"Right now, the United States has an opportunity to respond strongly," Zelenskyy wrote on X. "We need ballistic missile interceptors to protect lives. Sanctions against Russia and those helping it make money must be implemented."

Loud explosions were first heard in the city center of Ukraine's capital at around 1:00 a.m. local time, Editor-in-Chief Olga Rudenko said.

Ukraine's Air Force also warned that a ballistic missile was headed toward Kyiv after an air raid alert had been declared in Kyiv at 12:59 a.m.

"I got woken up by the sound of an explosion, slept through the air raid alert. When I checked my phone, I saw alerts for incoming missiles and went to my hallway as a series of explosions blasted out, one of them set off car alarms near my flat," War Editor Chris York said.

Then another ballistic missile was headed toward Ukraine's capital at 1:27 a.m., the Air Force said.

"It was quiet for about 30 minutes until another wave of ballistic missiles came in, I counted eight explosions," York said.

A third wave of ballistic missile explosions rocked the city again at around 1:52 a.m. local time, he added.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that paramedics were headed to sites in the city's Solomyanskyi, Svyatoshynskyi, and Podilskyi districts as Russian missiles continued to target the city.

In the Dniprovskyi district, debris fell into a residential building courtyard, where there could be people trapped under rubble, he said. Debris also fell onto an administrative building in the district.

"In the Podilskyi district, debris fell on a parking lot near a medical facility. Several cars caught fire. Emergency services are en route," Klitschko said.

Debris from missiles also fell near a maternity hospital, shattering windows and damaging a part of the building's facade, he said

Although there were no casualties in the maternity hospital, one person was killed in a nearby parking lot, Klitschko said, adding that a medical diagnostic center was also damaged.