Russia Hits Kyiv with Drones and Ballistic Missiles, 1 Dead and 31 Wounded

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with a mass drone and missile attack early Thursday morning that killed at least one and injured 31 people, local authorities said. The attack struck civilian infrastructure and residential buildings across multiple cities, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said, with Kyiv enduring the heaviest losses. Damage was recorded across six districts of the capital, according to head of Kyiv’s Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko. He warned Russia was attacking the city with ballistic missiles and drones. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure was damaged. The cities of Kremenchuk, Bila Tserkva, Kharkiv, Sumy and Odesa also were targeted in the attack, which involved both ballistic and cruise missiles, she said. Russia’s overnight air strikes targeted civilian infrastructure ⁠including ports in ⁠the southern ⁠Odesa region and railways, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said. In the Darnytsia district of Kyiv, a multistory residential building partially collapsed, burying people under the rubble. At least 27 people were rescued from the rubble, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 18 apartments were destroyed. He added that there were problems with water supply on the left bank of Kyiv as a result of the attack. At the scene, emergency workers searched for survivors as smoke from the attack continued to smolder beneath the pile of rubble. Rescuers evacuate an injured woman from an apartment building damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 14, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Emergency operations also were ongoing in the Obolonskyi and Holosiivskyi districts of Kyiv, the service said. In the Dnieper district, a drone hit the roof of a five-story residential building, Tkachenko said. Another building in the Dniprovskyi district was also damaged. People shelter in a metro station during a Russian attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 14, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Peter The attack came hours after a rare daytime attack on Kyiv that killed at least six people, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The assault, which involved 800 drones, struck about 20 regions of Ukraine and was among the longest such attacks during the war. Zelenskyy said the attack that lasted hours Wednesday aimed to cause as much “pain and grief” as possible.