Ukrainian officials: Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures several, sparks fires

23/3/2025 11:58

Russia's overnight attack on Kyiv injured at least seven people and sparked fires in high-rise apartment buildings and throughout the city, Ukrainian officials said early on Sunday.



Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram messaging app, "A massive enemy drone attack on Kyiv. So far, seven residents of the capital have been injured. One of them has been hospitalised."



Klitschko added, emergency services were dispatched to several districts of the city where fires were reported.



Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram, falling debris from a destroyed drone sparked fires in high-rise apartment buildings in the historic Podil district and the Dniprovskyi district across the Dnipro River.



The scale of the attack was not immediately clear. Reuters witnesses heard several blasts in what sounded like air defence systems in operation.



Regional governor Mykola Kalashnik said on Telegram, another two people were injured and several houses damaged in the region surrounding the capital.